Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-41323

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity regular-expression denial of service in the py3-django package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 10.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Django 3.2 before 3.2.16, 4.0 before 4.0.8, and 4.1 before 4.1.2, internationalized URLs were subject to a potential denial of service attack via the locale parameter, which is treated as a regular expression.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20py3-django3.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-41323
Alpine:v3.21py3-django3.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-41323
Alpine:v3.22py3-django3.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-41323
Alpine:v3.23py3-django3.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-41323
Alpine:v3.24py3-django3.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-41323
Debian:12python-django3:3.2.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41323
Debian:13python-django3:3.2.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41323
Debian:14python-django3:3.2.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41323
PyPIdjango4.1.2GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg
PyPIdjango3.2.16, 4.0.8, 4.1.2PYSEC-2022-304
PyPIdjango4.0.8GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg
PyPIdjango3.2.16GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpython-django2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.3UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41323
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpython-django2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.3USN-5653-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-1333 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References