---
id: CVE-2026-55468
title: Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django
summary: >-
  Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Prior to
  versions 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, and 8.0rc2 on their respective release lines,
  the internal Pages admin API returns page fields declared in api_fields
  without suf…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-280
vendor: wagtail
product: wagtail
affected:
  - wagtail < 7.0.9
  - 'wagtail >= 7.1, < 7.3.4'
  - 'wagtail >= 7.4, < 7.4.3'
  - 'wagtail >= 8.0rc1, < 8.0rc2'
patched:
  - wagtail 7.0.9
  - wagtail 7.3.4
  - wagtail 7.4.3
  - wagtail 8.0rc2
published: '2026-08-24'
updated: '2026-10-12'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-12T21:10:00.227'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55468'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/5608cfb714a130412f862beab53c78de02b79975
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/aef935530d5289406ca325b42747af15f3b28ac4
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/d99d2bec2b0aca46d88014416432c717240cd559
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/e2fa629b7a51ec29d59e45eead930feee0d3c4b3
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-3vrh-m9w7-v94f'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail'
  - url: 'https://pypi.org/project/wagtail'
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3vrh-m9w7-v94f'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55468'
tags:
  - nvd
  - osv
  - pip
  - ghsa
epss: 0.00342
epssPercentile: 0.2757
aliases:
  - GHSA-3vrh-m9w7-v94f
  - PYSEC-2026-3939
ecosystem: pip
ingestedAt: '2026-08-20T18:59:54.274Z'
---

## Overview

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Prior to versions 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, and 8.0rc2 on their respective release lines, the internal Pages admin API returns page fields declared in api_fields without sufficient access control, allowing a user with Wagtail admin access to retrieve restricted draft and live page content. This issue is fixed in versions 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, and 8.0rc2.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-55468)

Affected packages:

- `wagtail < 7.0.9`
- `wagtail >= 7.1, < 7.3.4`
- `wagtail >= 7.4, < 7.4.3`
- `wagtail >= 8.0rc1, < 8.0rc2`

Patched in:

- `wagtail 7.0.9`
- `wagtail 7.3.4`
- `wagtail 7.4.3`
- `wagtail 8.0rc2`

Source: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3vrh-m9w7-v94f