CVE-2024-41991

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The urlize and urlizetrunc template filters, and the AdminURLFieldWidget widget, are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.

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/	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce	Not Applicable
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases/	Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240905-0007/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

04 Nov 2025, 17:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240905-0007/ -

Information

Published : 2024-08-07 15:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 17:16

NVD link : CVE-2024-41991

Mitre link : CVE-2024-41991

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-41991

JSON object : View

Products Affected

djangoproject

django

CWE

CWE-1284

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input

CWE-130

Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

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