CVE-2024-41990

Aliases:GHSA-795c-9xpc-xw6gBIT-django-2024-41990PYSEC-2024-68
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 07 Aug 2024, 00:00
Last modified:04 Nov 2025, 16:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
1.22% LOW
1% probability -0.10%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Aug 2024, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Nov 2025, 16:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.22%• Percentile: 79%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-130•Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

    The product parses a formatted message or structure, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles a length field that is inconsistent with the actual length of the associated data.

Affected Systems

  • djangoproject•django

    ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.15 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.8

  • PyPI•django

    ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.8 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.15

References (12)