CVE-2024-41990: djangoproject django
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-41990 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 04-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 10Timeline
- 07-08-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability 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
7 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
70%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.26% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- py3-django< 4.2.16-r0
Debian1 product
- python-djangoAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3:4.2.15-1
Djangoproject1 product
- django≥ 4.2, < 4.2.15 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.8
Opensuse1 product
- python-Django&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.0.7-150000.1.30.1
PyPI1 product
- django≥ 5.0, < 5.0.8 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.15
Ubuntu1 product
- python-djangoAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm6 | < 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.24 | < 2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.13 | < 3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.2
6 vendors · 6 products
References
21 links
- github.com/django/djangoPACKAGE
