CVE-2024-41990
python-django: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in django.utils.html.urlize()
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
A flaw was found in Django. Processing very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters with the urlize and urlizetrunc functions can cause a denial of service.
It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain strings in floatformat function. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a memory exhaustion. It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled very large inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that Django in AdminURLFieldWidget incorrectly handled certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
Timeline
- 2024-07-25 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-07 CVE Published
- 2024-09-18 CVE Updated
- 2025-05-04 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-130: Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
CAPEC
References (5)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security | ||
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce | ||
| https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases |
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| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41990 | 2025-02-12 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2302434 | 2025-02-12 |
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| Djangoproject Search vendor "Djangoproject" | Django Search vendor "Djangoproject" for product "Django" | * | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Ansible Automation Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Automation Platform" | * | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Ansible Automation Platform Developer Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Automation Platform Developer" | * | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | * | - |
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| Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" | Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" | * | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" | * | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | * | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Packagehub Search vendor "Suse" for product "Packagehub" | * | - |
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