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 files or memory exhaustion, and provided a potential vector for a denial-of-service attack.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.626 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.626 · newest: 0.626 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Djangoproject Django
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- groups.google.com/forum/
- docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/security/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/14/1 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/feb/14/security-releases/ (Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00023.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0006/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
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.