CVE-2024-27351

unknown
Published 2024-03-15 · Modified 2024-07-02
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-27351

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-27351.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:2.2.28-1~deb11u7
debian debianforkyfixed3:4.2.11-1
debian debiansidfixed3:4.2.11-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3:4.2.11-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=3.2,<3.2.253.2.25
python PyPIdjango>=4.2,<4.2.114.2.11
python PyPIdjango>=5.0,<5.0.35.0.3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.