# CVE-2022-41323: In Django 3.2 before 3.2.16, 4.0 before 4.0.8, and 4.1 before 4.1.2, internationalized URLs were subject to a potential denial of service at

- Also known as: GHSA-QRW5-5H28-6CMG, BIT-DJANGO-2022-41323, PYSEC-2022-304
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.16, 4.0.8, 4.1.2
- Published: 2022-10-16 · Updated: 2025-05-14

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- django (PyPI): from 3.2, fixed in 3.2.16
- django (PyPI): from 4.0, fixed in 4.0.8
- django (PyPI): from 4.1, fixed in 4.1.2
- django (PyPI): from 3.2, fixed in 3.2.16; from 4.0, fixed in 4.0.8; from 4.1, fixed in 4.1.2

## Description

In Django 3.2 before 3.2.16, 4.0 before 4.0.8, and 4.1 before 4.1.2, internationalized URLs were subject to a potential denial of service attack via the locale parameter, which is treated as a regular expression.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.16, 4.0.8, 4.1.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/oct/04/security-releases/
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b6b257fa7ec37ff27965358800c67e2dd11c924
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221124-0001/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZS4G6NSZWPTVXMMZHJOJVQEPL3QTO77/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJB6FUBBLVKKG655UMTLQNN6UQ6EDLSP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI/

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