CVE catalog

CVE-2024-38875

Django vulnerabilities

[CVE catalog]

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.

Severity
High · CVSS 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.19% · Oct 27, 2026

Projects and upstream resources

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Version impact has not been established. The original provider fields are retained below.

Provider details and historical evidence
Original provider fields
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[Debian bug #1076069]

Publisher notes

[bookworm] python-django: Minor issue; intrusive to backport

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [python3-django]Unknown

    Source package: [python-django]

    Details (6)

    • 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u3 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u3 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:4.2.21-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:4.2.21-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u4 · all · bookworm-security

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u4 · all · bookworm-security

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

  • [python-django-doc]Unknown

    Source package: [python-django]

    Details (6)

    • 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u3 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u3 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:4.2.21-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:4.2.21-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u4 · all · bookworm-security

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

    • 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u4 · all · bookworm-security

      Affected

      usn · python-django · debian · bookworm; usn · python-django · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [python3-django]Unknown

    Source package: [python-django]

    Details (6)

    • 3:4.2.28-0+deb13u2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:4.2.28-0+deb13u2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:5.2.16-1~bpo13+1 · all · trixie-backports

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:5.2.16-1~bpo13+1 · all · trixie-backports

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:4.2.28-0+deb13u1 · all · trixie-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:4.2.28-0+deb13u1 · all · trixie-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

  • [python-django-doc]Unknown

    Source package: [python-django]

    Details (6)

    • 3:4.2.28-0+deb13u2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:4.2.28-0+deb13u2 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:5.2.16-1~bpo13+1 · all · trixie-backports

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:5.2.16-1~bpo13+1 · all · trixie-backports

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:4.2.28-0+deb13u1 · all · trixie-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

    • 3:4.2.28-0+deb13u1 · all · trixie-security

      Fixed · Fixed: 3:4.2.14-1

      usn · python-django · debian · 13

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

  • [python313-Django]Unknown

    Source package: [python-Django]

    Details (1)

    • 6.0.8-1.1 · noarch · tumbleweed

      Unknown · Fixed: 5.0.7-2.1

      Version impact unknown

      usn · python-Django · opensuse · tumbleweed

  • [python314-Django]Unknown

    Source package: [python-Django]

    Details (1)

    • 6.0.8-1.1 · noarch · tumbleweed

      Unknown · Fixed: 5.0.7-2.1

      Version impact unknown

      usn · python-Django · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed:

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]