Vulnerability CVE-2024-27351


Published: 2024-03-15

Description:
In Django 3.2 before 3.2.25, 4.2 before 4.2.11, and 5.0 before 5.0.3, the django.utils.text.Truncator.words() method (with html=True) and the truncatewords_html template filter are subject to a potential regular expression denial-of-service attack via a crafted string. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232 and CVE-2023-43665.

 References:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/releases/security/
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/04/security-releases/

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