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PYSEC-2018-5

PYSEC-2018-5 PUBLISHED

An issue was discovered in Django 2.0 before 2.0.3, 1.11 before 1.11.11, and 1.8 before 1.8.19. The django.utils.html.urlize() function was extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs due to catastrophic backtracking vulnerabilities in two regular expressions (only one regular expression for Django 1.8.x). The urlize() function is used to implement the urlize and urlizetrunc template filters, which were thus vulnerable.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
PyPIdjango1.8.1, 1.8, 1.11

Timeline

  • Mar 9, 2018 CVE Published
  • Nov 8, 2023 CVE Updated
  • May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
  • May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
  • May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
  • May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
  • May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
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