high 7.5

CVE-2024-38875 json

Django vulnerable to Denial of Service

published 2024-07-10 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-django-2024-38875 , EUVD-2024-0040 , GHSA-qg2p-9jwr-mmqf , PYSEC-2024-56

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 distros 6 links 2

pypi django 4.2.14, 5.0.7
bitnami django 4.2.14, 5.0.7
djangoproject django 4.2.14, 5.0.7

debian ubuntu red hat suse opensuse alpine

python-django Debian 14, Debian 13 3:4.2.14-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38875

python-django Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.23
python-django Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.12
python-django Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.1
python-django Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38875

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

cjson satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 1.7.17-1.el8sat
cjson satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 1.7.17-1.el9sat
foreman satellite utils 6.16, satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 3.12.0.1-1.el8sat
foreman satellite utils 6.16, satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 3.12.0.1-1.el9sat
katello satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 4.14.0-0.1.rc2.el8sat
katello satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 4.14.0-0.1.rc2.el9sat
libsolv satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 1:0.7.20-6.el8sat
libcomps satellite capsule 6.16, satellite 6.16 0.1.21-1.el8pc

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:8906 RHSA-2024:9481 RHSA-2024:6428

python-Django SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 4.2.11-150600.3.3.1
python-Django openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.0.7-150000.1.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2577-1 SUSE-SU-2024:2545-1

python-Django5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.30-4.1
python-Django6 openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.0-1.1
python-Django Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.2.28-bp155.7.12.1
python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.14-1.1
python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.0.7-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11270-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11248-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11235-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10005-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:0251-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14208-1

py3-django Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 4.2.16-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-38875

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

github.com/django/django@7285644 commit
github.com/django/django@79f3687 commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-38875 updated 2026-07-18 cvss 5.3

python-django: Potential denial-of-service in django.utils.html.urlize()

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 ansible-tower Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8
affected: workaround, no fix available
Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 redhat-certification Red Hat Certification Program for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 redhat-certification
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat Discovery 1 discovery-server-container
affected: workaround, no fix available
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 python-django20, python3-django20, python-django20-bash-completion
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python-django20, python3-django20, python-django20-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python-django, python3-django Red Hat Storage 3 python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers python-django
affected: workaround, no fix available
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 python39-django 4.2.15-1.el8ap, python3x-django 4.2.15-1.el8ap Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 python-django 4.2.15-1.el9ap, python3-django 4.2.15-1.el9ap
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6428
Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 18.0 python-django 3.2.12-8.el9ost, python3-django 3.2.12-8.el9ost
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:9481

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Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 python-django 4.2.16-1.el8pc, python3.11-django 4.2.16-1.el8pc Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 python-django 4.2.16-1.el9pc, python3.11-django 4.2.16-1.el9pc
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8906
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-controller Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 python39-zipp 3.19.2-1.el8ap, python39-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el8ap, python3x-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el8ap, python39-gunicorn 22.0.0-2.el8ap, python39-jmespath 0.10.0-5.el8ap, python3x-gunicorn 22.0.0-2.el8ap, +10 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 python-zipp 3.19.2-1.el9ap, python3-zipp 3.19.2-1.el9ap, python-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el9ap, python3-grpcio 1.58.3-1.el9ap, python-gunicorn 22.0.0-2.el9ap, python-jmespath 0.10.0-5.el9ap, +11 more Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 cjson 1.7.17-1.el8sat, libcomps 0.1.21-1.el8pc, libsolv 0.7.20-6.el8sat, python-jq 1.6.0-3.el8pc, python-pbr 5.8.0-7.el8pc, candlepin 4.4.16-1.el8sat, +675 more Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 cjson 1.7.17-1.el9sat, libcomps 0.1.21-1.el9pc, python-jq 1.6.0-3.el9pc, python-pbr 5.8.0-7.el9pc, candlepin 4.4.16-1.el9sat, foreman 3.12.0.1-1.el9sat, +645 more
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-10)

Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
pypi	django	>=4.2, <4.2.14 >=5.0, <5.0.7	4.2.14 5.0.7
bitnami	django	>=4.2.0, <4.2.14 >=5.0.0, <5.0.7	4.2.14 5.0.7

Affected products

djangoproject django

Classification

Weakness

CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Technology feeds

Django rss critical rss

References

github.com /django/django/commit/7285644640f085f41d60ab0c8ae4e9153f0485db
web
github.com /django/django/commit/79f368764295df109a37192f6182fb6f361d85b5
web
docs.djangoproject.com /en/dev/releases/security/
vendor-advisory, advisory, web
djangoproject.com /weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases/
vendor-advisory, advisory, article
groups.google.com /forum/#%21forum/django-announce
web, permissions-required
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20240808-0005/
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38875
advisory, web
docs.djangoproject.com /en/dev/releases/security
web
github.com /django/django
package
github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-56.yaml
web
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20240808-0005
web
djangoproject.com /weblog/2024/jul/09/security-releases
web
github.com /advisories/GHSA-qg2p-9jwr-mmqf
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary