DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53907

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 2
Published: 06 Dec 2024, 12:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Dec 2024, 12:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.4, 5.0 before 5.0.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.17. The strip_tags() method and striptags template filter are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debianpython-django

    all | < 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u3 | < 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1 | < 3:4.2.17-1 | < 3:4.2.17-1

References (1)