Vulnerability · Published Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-41990

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-41990
Alpine:v3.21py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-41990
Alpine:v3.22py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-41990
Alpine:v3.23py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-41990
Alpine:v3.24py3-django4.2.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-41990
Debian:12python-djangono fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-41990
Debian:13python-django3:4.2.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41990
Debian:14python-django3:4.2.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41990
PyPIdjango5.0.8GHSA-795c-9xpc-xw6g
PyPIdjango4.2.15GHSA-795c-9xpc-xw6g
PyPIdjango4.2.15, 5.0.8PYSEC-2024-68
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpython-django2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.13USN-6946-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpython-django2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41990
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSpython-django3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41990
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSpython-django3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.2USN-6946-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-130 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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