CVE-2024-27351
Regular expression denial-of-service in Django
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.6%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-27351
To remediate CVE-2024-27351, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.2.25 or later
- —upgrade to 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u7 or later
- —upgrade to 3.2.25 or later
- —upgrade to 3.2.25 or later
Is CVE-2024-27351 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.25, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.11, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3
- from 0, < 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u7
- >= 3.2, < 3.2.25
- >= 3.2, < 3.2.25, >= 4.2, < 4.2.11, >= 5.0, < 5.0.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |