# CVE-2024-56374: An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.5, 5.0 before 5.0.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.18.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2025-1, BIT-DJANGO-2024-56374, GHSA-QCGG-J2X8-H9G8
- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.18, 5.0.11, 5.1.5
- Published: 2025-01-14 · Updated: 2025-02-12

## Affected

- djangoproject Django: from 4.2, fixed in 4.2.18; from 5.0, fixed in 5.0.11; from 5.1, fixed in 5.1.5
- django (PyPI): from 5.1, fixed in 5.1.5; from 5.0, fixed in 5.0.11; from 4.2, fixed in 4.2.18
- django (PyPI): from 5.1, fixed in 5.1.5
- django (PyPI): from 5.0, fixed in 5.0.11
- django (PyPI): from 4.2, fixed in 4.2.18

## Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.5, 5.0 before 5.0.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.18. Lack of upper-bound limit enforcement in strings passed when performing IPv6 validation could lead to a potential denial-of-service attack. The undocumented and private functions clean_ipv6_address and is_valid_ipv6_address are vulnerable, as is the django.forms.GenericIPAddressField form field. (The django.db.models.GenericIPAddressField model field is not affected.)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Django, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.18, 5.0.11, 5.1.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/jan/14/security-releases/

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