CVE-2024-41990

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDjango

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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 are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.2 ≤ v < 4.2.155.0 ≤ v < 5.0.8pkg:pypi/[email protected] ≤ v < pkg:pypi/[email protected]pkg:pypi/[email protected] ≤ v < pkg:pypi/[email protected]4.25.0pkg:pypi/[email protected]pkg:pypi/[email protected]
Affected range stops below 4.2.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.0.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below pkg:pypi/[email protected], so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below pkg:pypi/[email protected], so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-130

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