CVE-2024-38875

An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.14 and 5.0 before 5.0.7. urlize and urlizetrunc were subject to a potential denial of service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of brackets.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/	Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce	Permissions Required
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/	Vendor Advisory
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/	Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce	Permissions Required
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005/
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django::::::::
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History

04 Nov 2025, 17:15

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References		() https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005/ -

Information

Published : 2024-07-10 05:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-38875

Mitre link : CVE-2024-38875

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-38875

JSON object : View

Products Affected

djangoproject

django

CWE

CWE-130

Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

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