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CVE-2023-43665

Django Denial-of-service in django.utils.text.Truncator

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.

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Vulnerability Details
Score
5.8
Score Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Versions
django >= 3.2a1 < 3.2.22; django >= 4.1a1 < 4.1.12; django >= 4.2a1 < 4.2.6
Severity
Medium
Ecosystem
Python
Publish Date
November 3, 2023
Modified Date
February 21, 2025