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CVE-2024-53907
Django denial-of-service in django.utils.html.strip_tags()
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | Django | >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.4 | 5.1.4 |
| pip | django | >= 5.1, < 5.1.4 | 5.1.4 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Djangoproject | Django | from 4.2 before 4.2.17 from 5.0 before 5.0.10 from 5.1 before 5.1.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8498-2h75-472j
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.yaml