PYSEC-2024-156: django fixed in 5.1.4, 5.0.10 and 4.2.17

PYSEC-2024-156 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Record from OSV · Published December 6, 2024

django is fixed in 5.1.4, 5.0.10 and 4.2.17 (PyPI)

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.4, 5.0 before 5.0.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.17. The strip_tags() method and striptags template filter are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
django	PyPI	5.1.4, 5.0.10, 4.2.17

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

8.699999809265137

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
PyPI	django	4.2.13, 5.1, 4.2.11

Timeline

Dec 6, 2024 CVE Published
Mar 10, 2025 CVE Updated

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