Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-795c-9xpc-xw6g

Django vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack

Published Aug 7, 2024Updated Nov 4, 2025OSV record ↗

Also known as BIT-django-2024-41990CVE-2024-41990PYSEC-2024-68

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected versions

django PyPI

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Affected	Fixed in
`5.0` to before 5.0.8	`5.0.8`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (8) `5.0` `5.0.1` `5.0.2` `5.0.3` `5.0.4` `5.0.5` `5.0.6` `5.0.7`
`4.2` to before 4.2.15	`4.2.15`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (15) `4.2` `4.2.1` `4.2.10` `4.2.11` `4.2.12` `4.2.13` `4.2.14` `4.2.2` `4.2.3` `4.2.4` `4.2.5` `4.2.6` `4.2.7` `4.2.8` `4.2.9`

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters.

References

Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41990 ↗
Webgithub.com/django/django/commit/7b7b909579c8311c140c89b8a9431bf537febf93 ↗
Webgithub.com/django/django/commit/d0a82e26a74940bf0c78204933c3bdd6a283eb88 ↗
Webdocs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security ↗
Packagegithub.com/django/django ↗
Webgithub.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-68.yaml ↗
Webgroups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce ↗
Websecurity.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240905-0007 ↗
Webwww.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases ↗