BIT-django-2024-27351
Record from OSV · Published July 2, 2024
In Django 3.2 before 3.2.25, 4.2 before 4.2.11, and 5.0 before 5.0.3, the django.utils.text.Truncator.words() method (with html=True) and the truncatewords_html template filter are subject to a potential regular expression denial-of-service attack via a crafted string. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232 and CVE-2023-43665.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| django | Bitnami | 5.0.3, 4.2.11, 3.2.25 |
Risk scores
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Bitnami | django | 5.0.0, 4.2.0, 3.2.0 |
Timeline
- Jul 2, 2024 CVE Published
- Feb 11, 2026 CVE Updated
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References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vm8q-m57g-pff3 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX/ url
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/072963e4c4d0b3a7a8c5412bc0c7d27d1a9c3521 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6/ url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27351 url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/04/1 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6/ url
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/security/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/ url
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/04/security-releases/ url
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/3394fc6132436eca89e997083bae9985fb7e761e url
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/3c9a2771cc80821e041b16eb36c1c37af5349d4a url