Description
In Django 3.2 before 3.2.22, 4.1 before 4.1.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.6, the django.utils.text.Truncator chars() and words() methods (when used with html=True) are subject to a potential DoS (denial of service) attack via certain inputs with very long, potentially malformed HTML text. The chars() and words() methods are used to implement the truncatechars_html and truncatewords_html template filters, which are thus also vulnerable. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/releases/security/
Permissions Required
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0001/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJFRPUHDYJHBH3KYHSPGULQM4JN7BMSU/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/
Mailing List mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/04/1
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0124
EPSS Percentile
65.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-1284
Status
published
Products (3)
djangoproject/django
3.2 - 3.2.22
fedoraproject/fedora
39
pypi/Django
3.2a1 - 3.2.22PyPI
Published
Nov 03, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026