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.
Published: 2024-08-07
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-795c-9xpc-xw6g Django vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6946-1 Django vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhui
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhui:4::el8
Vendors & Products Redhat rhui

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title python-django: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in django.utils.html.urlize()
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Djangoproject
Djangoproject django
Weaknesses CWE-130
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Djangoproject
Djangoproject django
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
References

Subscriptions

Djangoproject Django
Redhat Ansible Automation Platform Rhui
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:13:41.723Z

Reserved: 2024-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-41990

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:20:11.171Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-08-07T15:15:56.100

Modified: 2025-11-04T17:16:03.383

Link: CVE-2024-41990

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-08-06T13:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-41990 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses