{"id":"CVE-2023-24580","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-24580","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:31.184Z","title":"Passing certain inputs (e.g., an excessive number of parts) to multipart forms could result in too many open files or memory exhaustion, and provided a potential vector for a denial-of-service attack.","description":"An issue was discovered in the Multipart Request Parser in Django 3.2 before 3.2.18, 4.0 before 4.0.10, and 4.1 before 4.1.7. Passing certain inputs (e.g., an excessive number of parts) to multipart forms could result in too many open files or memory exhaustion, and provided a potential vector for a denial-of-service attack.","published":"2023-02-15T01:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:39:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-400"],"affected":["djangoproject/django","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.62575,"percentile":0.99184,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 62.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/14/1","tags":["Mailing List","Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/security/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00023.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZS4G6NSZWPTVXMMZHJOJVQEPL3QTO77/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJB6FUBBLVKKG655UMTLQNN6UQ6EDLSP/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0006/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/feb/14/security-releases/","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/14/1","tags":["Mailing List","Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/security/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00023.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZS4G6NSZWPTVXMMZHJOJVQEPL3QTO77/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJB6FUBBLVKKG655UMTLQNN6UQ6EDLSP/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0006/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/feb/14/security-releases/","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24580","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}