# CVE-2024-45230: An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.1, 5.0 before 5.0.9, and 4.2 before 4.2.16.

- Also known as: GHSA-5HGC-2VFP-MQVC, BIT-DJANGO-2024-45230, PYSEC-2024-102
- 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: 5.1.1, 5.0.9, 4.2.16
- Published: 2024-10-08 · Updated: 2025-03-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- django (PyPI): from 5.1, fixed in 5.1.1
- django (PyPI): from 5.0, fixed in 5.0.9
- django (PyPI): from 4.2, fixed in 4.2.16
- django (PyPI): from 5.1, fixed in 5.1.1; from 5.0, fixed in 5.0.9; from 4.2, fixed in 4.2.16

## Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.1, 5.0 before 5.0.9, and 4.2 before 4.2.16. 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, upgrade to a fixed version (5.1.1, 5.0.9, 4.2.16) per the references below.
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## References

- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases/

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