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Vulnerability details: VCID-jzae-1awh-k7cm
Vulnerability ID VCID-jzae-1awh-k7cm
Aliases BIT-django-2024-38875
CVE-2024-38875
GHSA-qg2p-9jwr-mmqf
PYSEC-2024-56
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (5)
CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-1287 Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-38875.json
epss 0.0033 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38875
epss 0.0033 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38875
epss 0.0033 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38875
epss 0.0033 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38875
epss 0.0033 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38875
epss 0.0033 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38875
epss 0.0033 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38875
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
cvssv4 8.7 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
generic_textual HIGH https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
ssvc Track https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg2p-9jwr-mmqf
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/django/django
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/django/django
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django/commit/7285644640f085f41d60ab0c8ae4e9153f0485db
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/django/django/commit/7285644640f085f41d60ab0c8ae4e9153f0485db
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/django/django/commit/7285644640f085f41d60ab0c8ae4e9153f0485db
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/django/django/commit/79f368764295df109a37192f6182fb6f361d85b5
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/django/django/commit/79f368764295df109a37192f6182fb6f361d85b5
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/django/django/commit/79f368764295df109a37192f6182fb6f361d85b5
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-56.yaml
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-56.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-56.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
cvssv4 8.7 https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
generic_textual HIGH https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
ssvc Track https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38875
cvssv4 8.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38875
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38875
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005
cvssv4 8.7 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005
generic_textual HIGH https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases
cvssv4 8.7 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases
generic_textual HIGH https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/
ssvc Track https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-38875.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38875
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38875
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/django/django
https://github.com/django/django/commit/7285644640f085f41d60ab0c8ae4e9153f0485db
https://github.com/django/django/commit/79f368764295df109a37192f6182fb6f361d85b5
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-56.yaml
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38875
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/
1076069 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076069
2295935 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2295935
GHSA-qg2p-9jwr-mmqf https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg2p-9jwr-mmqf
GLSA-202509-03 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202509-03
RHSA-2024:6428 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6428
RHSA-2024:8906 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8906
RHSA-2024:9481 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9481
USN-6888-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6888-1/
USN-6888-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6888-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-38875.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-10T13:43:12Z/ Found at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/django/django
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/django/django
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/7285644640f085f41d60ab0c8ae4e9153f0485db
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/7285644640f085f41d60ab0c8ae4e9153f0485db
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/79f368764295df109a37192f6182fb6f361d85b5
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/django/django/commit/79f368764295df109a37192f6182fb6f361d85b5
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-56.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-56.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-10T13:43:12Z/ Found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38875
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38875
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0005
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-10T13:43:12Z/ Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.55941
EPSS Score 0.0033
Published At April 7, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:49:39.306915+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-56.yaml 38.0.0