# CVE-2026-59962: Tandoor Recipes information disclosure via order_by injection

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-59962-tandoor-recipes-is-an-application-for-managing-recipes-planning  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-16. Updated: 2026-10-16  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-59962 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-10-16

Tandoor Recipes is a recipe management application that allows users to store recipes, plan meals, and build shopping lists. Authenticated users can inject Django ORM traversal syntax into search and filter ordering fields to leak sensitive database values from related user accounts, including password hashes and email addresses. An attacker with a user account can infer administrative status and other confidential information about other users.

Technologies: [Tandoor Recipes](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/tandoor-recipes). Vendors: [Tandoor Recipes](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/tandoor-recipes).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-59962 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-59962 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-59962?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 16 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Tandoor Recipes before 2.6.10.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-59962?** Yes: fixed in 2.6.10. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-59962 attacked?** It is attacked over the network.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-59962?** Check whether you run Tandoor Recipes at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- Fixed in 2.6.10

## Technical details

The application fails to validate sort_order and order_field parameters supplied to Django ORM order_by() calls in the recipe search, RecipeBook, and CustomFilter endpoints. An authenticated user can use Django's double-underscore foreign-key traversal syntax to order results by fields in related User tables, and the resulting observable ordering leaks sensitive data. The vulnerability requires user authentication and affects API endpoints at /api/recipe/ and /api/recipe-book/; a fix is available in version 2.6.10.

## Affected products

- Tandoor Recipes Tandoor Recipes before 2.6.10

## Timeline

- 2026-10-16: disclosed

## References

- [https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes/commit/322696f618997e98f2d4c15ec64b9480735589f0](https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes/commit/322696f618997e98f2d4c15ec64b9480735589f0)
- [https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes/commit/382a976cc79635edc30aef84cb2b2b72eb8afd3c](https://github.com/TandoorRecipes/recipes/commit/382a976cc79635edc30aef84cb2b2b72eb8afd3c)

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