Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-f6f8-9mx6-9mx2

Django vulnerable to Denial of Service

Published Jul 10, 2024Updated Sep 10, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as BIT-django-2024-39614CVE-2024-39614PYSEC-2024-59

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

Affected versions

django PyPI

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Affected	Fixed in
`5.0` to before 5.0.7	`5.0.7`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (7) `5.0` `5.0.1` `5.0.2` `5.0.3` `5.0.4` `5.0.5` `5.0.6`
`4.2` to before 4.2.14	`4.2.14`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (14) `4.2` `4.2.1` `4.2.10` `4.2.11` `4.2.12` `4.2.13` `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 5.0.7 and 4.2 before 4.2.14. get_supported_language_variant() was subject to a potential denial-of-service attack when used with very long strings containing specific characters.

References

Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39614 ↗
Webgithub.com/django/django/commit/17358fb35fb7217423d4c4877ccb6d1a3a40b1c3 ↗
Webgithub.com/django/django/commit/8e7a44e4bec0f11474699c3111a5e0a45afe7f49 ↗
Webdocs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security ↗
Packagegithub.com/django/django ↗
Webgithub.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-59.yaml ↗
Webgroups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce ↗
Websecurity.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005 ↗
Webwww.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases ↗