PYSEC-2023-226

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    PYSEC-2023-226

    Published: 3 Nov 2023Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Django 3.2 before 3.2.22, 4.1 before 4.1.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.6, the django.utils.text.Truncator chars() and words() methods (when used with html=True) are subject to a potential DoS (denial of service) attack via certain inputs with very long, potentially malformed HTML text. The chars() and words() methods are used to implement the truncatechars_html and truncatewords_html template filters, which are thus also vulnerable. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232.

    References: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/oct/04/security-releases/, https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/releases/security/, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8gc-pgj2-vjm3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.2
    Fixed -3.2.22

    Affected versions

    3.2
    3.2.1
    3.2.10
    3.2.11
    3.2.12
    3.2.13
    3.2.14
    3.2.15
    3.2.16
    3.2.17
    3.2.18
    3.2.19
    3.2.2
    3.2.20
    3.2.21
    3.2.3
    3.2.4
    3.2.5
    3.2.6
    3.2.7
    3.2.8
    3.2.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2023-226 | CVE-DB