Vulnerability in Djangoproject Django

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 attack via the locale parameter, which is treated as a regular expression.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.028 (85.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41323?
CVE-2022-41323 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-41323?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-41323 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.