CVE-2024-56374
MEDIUMDjango 4.2-4.2.17 5.0-5.0.10 5.1-5.1.4 - Denial of Service via IPv6 Address Validation
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.5, 5.0 before 5.0.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.18. Lack of upper-bound limit enforcement in strings passed when performing IPv6 validation could lead to a potential denial-of-service attack. The undocumented and private functions clean_ipv6_address and is_valid_ipv6_address are vulnerable, as is the django.forms.GenericIPAddressField form field. (The django.db.models.GenericIPAddressField model field is not affected.)
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00024.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.8
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
24.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
djangoproject/django
4.2 - 4.2.18
pypi/Django
5.1 - 5.1.5PyPI
pypi/django
5.1 - 5.1.5PyPI
Published
Jan 14, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026