High severity · published Aug 7, 2024
CVE-2024-41991
An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15
7.5
CVSS
1%
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 urlize and urlizetrunc template filters, and the AdminURLFieldWidget widget, are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.
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)1.0% · higher than 61% 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-2024-41991
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41991
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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