Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-8498-2h75-472j

Django denial-of-service in django.utils.html.strip_tags()

Published Dec 6, 2024Updated Sep 10, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as BIT-django-2024-53907CVE-2024-53907PYSEC-2024-156

Severity

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

Affected versions

django PyPI

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Affected	Fixed in
`5.1.0` to before 5.1.4	`5.1.4`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (4) `5.1` `5.1.1` `5.1.2` `5.1.3`
`4.2.0` to before 4.2.17	`4.2.17`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (17) `4.2` `4.2.1` `4.2.10` `4.2.11` `4.2.12` `4.2.13` `4.2.14` `4.2.15` `4.2.16` `4.2.2` `4.2.3` `4.2.4` `4.2.5` `4.2.6` `4.2.7` `4.2.8` `4.2.9`
`5.0.0` to before 5.0.10	`5.0.10`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (10) `5.0` `5.0.1` `5.0.2` `5.0.3` `5.0.4` `5.0.5` `5.0.6` `5.0.7` `5.0.8` `5.0.9`
`5.1` to before 5.1.4	`5.1.4`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (4) `5.1` `5.1.1` `5.1.2` `5.1.3`
`5.0` to before 5.0.10	`5.0.10`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (10) `5.0` `5.0.1` `5.0.2` `5.0.3` `5.0.4` `5.0.5` `5.0.6` `5.0.7` `5.0.8` `5.0.9`
`4.2` to before 4.2.17	`4.2.17`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (17) `4.2` `4.2.1` `4.2.10` `4.2.11` `4.2.12` `4.2.13` `4.2.14` `4.2.15` `4.2.16` `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 5.1 before 5.1.4, 5.0 before 5.0.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.17. The strip_tags() method and striptags template filter are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.

GHSA-8498-2h75-472j

Affected versions

django PyPI

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