High severity · published Aug 7, 2024
CVE-2024-41989
An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The floatformat template filter is subject to significant memory consumption when given a string representation of a number in scientific notation with a large exponent.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
4.2 before 4.2.15; 5.0 before 5.0.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41989
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41989
Patch
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Not Applicable
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
Vendor Advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases/
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240905-0007/
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