Loading docs/ref/settings.txt +23 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2004,6 +2004,29 @@ Django will refuse to start if :setting:`SECRET_KEY` is not set. security protections, and can lead to privilege escalation and remote code execution vulnerabilities. The secret key is used for: * All :doc:`sessions </topics/http/sessions>` if you are using any other session backend than ``"django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache"``, or if you use :class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware` and are using the default :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.AbstractBaseUser.get_session_auth_hash()`. * All :doc:`messages </ref/contrib/messages>` if you are using :class:`~django.contrib.messages.storage.cookie.CookieStorage` or :class:`~django.contrib.messages.storage.fallback.FallbackStorage`. * :doc:`Form wizard </ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard>` progress when using cookie storage with :class:`django.contrib.formtools.wizard.views.CookieWizardView`. * All :func:`~django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset` tokens. * All in progress :doc:`form previews </ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview>`. * Any usage of :doc:`cryptographic signing </topics/signing>`, unless a different key is provided. If you rotate your secret key, all of the above will be invalidated. Secret keys are not used for passwords of users and key rotation will not affect them. .. setting:: SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER Loading Loading
docs/ref/settings.txt +23 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2004,6 +2004,29 @@ Django will refuse to start if :setting:`SECRET_KEY` is not set. security protections, and can lead to privilege escalation and remote code execution vulnerabilities. The secret key is used for: * All :doc:`sessions </topics/http/sessions>` if you are using any other session backend than ``"django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache"``, or if you use :class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware` and are using the default :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.AbstractBaseUser.get_session_auth_hash()`. * All :doc:`messages </ref/contrib/messages>` if you are using :class:`~django.contrib.messages.storage.cookie.CookieStorage` or :class:`~django.contrib.messages.storage.fallback.FallbackStorage`. * :doc:`Form wizard </ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard>` progress when using cookie storage with :class:`django.contrib.formtools.wizard.views.CookieWizardView`. * All :func:`~django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset` tokens. * All in progress :doc:`form previews </ref/contrib/formtools/form-preview>`. * Any usage of :doc:`cryptographic signing </topics/signing>`, unless a different key is provided. If you rotate your secret key, all of the above will be invalidated. Secret keys are not used for passwords of users and key rotation will not affect them. .. setting:: SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER Loading