Resource exhaustion in Djangoproject Django

CVE-2023-24580

An issue was discovered in the Multipart Request Parser in Django 3.2 before 3.2.18, 4.0 before 4.0.10, and 4.1 before 4.1.7. Passing certain inputs (e.g., an excessive number of parts) to multipart forms could result in too many open file…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.626 (99.1th 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-2023-24580?
CVE-2023-24580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-24580?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-24580 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.