In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team
is issuing releases for
Django 5.0.8 and
Django 4.2.15.
These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all
users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible.
CVE-2024-41989: Memory exhaustion in django.utils.numberformat.floatformat()
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.
Thanks to Elias Myllymäki for the report.
This issue has severity “moderate” according to the Django security policy.
CVE-2024-41990: Potential denial-of-service in django.utils.html.urlize()
The urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters are subject to a potential
denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of
characters.
Thanks to MProgrammer for the report.
This issue has severity “moderate” according to the Django security policy.
CVE-2024-41991: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in django.utils.html.urlize() and AdminURLFieldWidget
The urlize and urlizetrunc template filters, and the AdminURLFieldWidget
widget, are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs
with a very large number of Unicode characters.
Thanks to Seokchan Yoon for the report.
This issue has severity “moderate” according to the Django security policy.
CVE-2024-42005: Potential SQL injection in QuerySet.values() and values_list()
QuerySet.values() and values_list() methods on models with a JSONField are
subject to SQL injection in column aliases via a crafted JSON object key as a
passed *arg.
Thanks to Eyal Gabay of EyalSec for the report.
This issue has severity “moderate” according to the Django security policy.
Affected supported versions
Django main branch
Django 5.1 (currently at release candidate status)
Django 5.0
Django 4.2
Resolution
Patches to resolve the issue have been applied to Django’s
main, 5.1, 5.0, and 4.2 branches.
The patches may be obtained from the following changesets.
CVE-2024-41989: Memory exhaustion in django.utils.numberformat.floatformat()
On the main branch
On the 5.1 branch
On the 5.0 branch
On the 4.2 branch
CVE-2024-41990: Potential denial-of-service in django.utils.html.urlize()
On the main branch
On the 5.1 branch
On the 5.0 branch
On the 4.2 branch
CVE-2024-41991: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in django.utils.html.urlize() and AdminURLFieldWidget
On the main branch
On the 5.1 branch
On the 5.0 branch
On the 4.2 branch
CVE-2024-42005: Potential SQL injection in QuerySet.values() and values_list()
On the main branch
On the 5.1 branch
On the 5.0 branch
On the 4.2 branch
The following releases have been issued
Django 5.0.8 (download Django 5.0.8 |
5.0.8 checksums)
Django 4.2.15 (download Django 4.2.15 |
4.2.15 checksums)
The PGP key ID used for this release is Sarah Boyce: 3955B19851EA96EF
General notes regarding security reporting
As always, we ask that potential security issues be reported via private email
to [email protected], and not via Django’s Trac instance, nor via
the Django Forum, nor via the django-developers list. Please see our security
policies for further information.