VDB
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
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | django | 1.8.1, 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
References
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/mar/06/security-releases/ article
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103361 url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r28v-mw67-m5p9 advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00006.html advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3591-1/ advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4161 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0082 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0051 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0265 advisory