Wagtail has improper permission handling when viewing page history — CVE-2026-44198

Summary

### Impact A CMS user without the ability to edit a page could still access the history report for the page, potentially resulting in disclosure of sensitive information. ### Patches Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.7 and 7.3.2. The new 7.4 LTS feature release also incorporates this fix. ### Workarounds No workaround is available. ### Acknowledgements Wagtail thanks Seoyoung Kang @seoyoung-kang…

Product

pip: wagtail

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

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