CVE-2024-27351

Published: Mar 15, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 3.6

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Djangoproject: Django

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Djangoproject Django	From 3.2 to 3.2.25
Djangoproject Django	From 4.2 to 4.2.11
Djangoproject Django	From 5.0 to 5.0.3

Related CWEs

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles.

References (20)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/04/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/security/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/04/security-releases/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/04/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/security/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://github.com/django/django/commit/072963e4c4d0b3a7a8c5412bc0c7d27d1a9c3521

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://github.com/django/django/commit/3394fc6132436eca89e997083bae9985fb7e761e

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://github.com/django/django/commit/3c9a2771cc80821e041b16eb36c1c37af5349d4a

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Permissions Required

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2JIRXEDP4ZET5KFMAPPYSK663Q52NEX/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SN2PLJGYSAAG5KUVIUFJYKD3BLQ4OSN6/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/04/security-releases/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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