CVE-2024-27351
Aliases:GHSA-vm8q-m57g-pff3BIT-django-2024-27351PYSEC-2024-47
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 22
Modified
Published: 15 Mar 2024, 00:00
Last modified:04 Nov 2025, 18:30
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100 CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
2.61% LOW
3% probability +0.76%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
15 Mar 2024, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Nov 2025, 18:30
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In Django 3.2 before 3.2.25, 4.2 before 4.2.11, and 5.0 before 5.0.3, the django.utils.text.Truncator.words() method (with html=True) and the truncatewords_html template filter are subject to a potential regular expression denial-of-service attack via a crafted string. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232 and CVE-2023-43665.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 2.61%• Percentile: 86%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-1333•Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
The product uses a regular expression with a worst-case computational complexity that is inefficient and possibly exponential.
Affected Systems
- djangoproject•django
≥ 3.2, < 3.2.25 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.11 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.3
- PyPI•django
≥ 3.2, < 3.2.25 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.11 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.3
References (24)
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/security/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/04/security-releases/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/04/1
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/3394fc6132436eca89e997083bae9985fb7e761e
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/3c9a2771cc80821e041b16eb36c1c37af5349d4a
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/072963e4c4d0b3a7a8c5412bc0c7d27d1a9c3521
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27351
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/security
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-47.yaml
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/04/security-releases