# CVE-2024-28865: django-wiki denial of service via regular expression

- Also known as: GHSA-WJ85-W4F4-XH8H, PYSEC-2026-2049
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- 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: 0.10.1
- Published: 2024-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-21

## Affected

- django-wiki: fixed in 0.10.1
- wiki (PyPI): fixed in 0.10.1

## Description

django-wiki is a wiki system for Django. Installations of django-wiki prior to version 0.10.1 are vulnerable to maliciously crafted article content that can cause severe use of server CPU through a regular expression loop. Version 0.10.1 fixes this issue. As a workaround, close off access to create and edit articles by anonymous users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/security/advisories/GHSA-wj85-w4f4-xh8h
- https://github.com/django-wiki/django-wiki/commit/8e280fd6c0bd27ce847c67b2d216c6cbf920f88c

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