VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-41989

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.20%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The floatformat template filter is subject to significant memory consumption when given a string representation of a number in scientific notation with a large exponent.

CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 1.20% probability · 66th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-400
Affected: djangoproject/django
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announceNot Applicable
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases/Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240905-0007/

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.