Vulnerability advisory

PYSEC-2024-156

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

Also known as BIT-django-2024-53907CVE-2024-53907GHSA-8498-2h75-472j

Severity

Severity not reported.

Affected versions

django PyPI

Affected	Fixed in
`5.1` to before 5.1.4	`5.1.4`Advisories →
`5.0` to before 5.0.10	`5.0.10`Advisories →
`4.2` to before 4.2.17	`4.2.17`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (31) `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` `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` `5.1.1` `5.1.2` `5.1.3`

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.

References

Webdocs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ ↗
Webgroups.google.com/g/django-announce ↗
Webwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3 ↗
Weblists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html ↗
Advisorygithub.com/advisories/GHSA-8498-2h75-472j ↗