What is CVE-2024-56374?

CVE-2024-56374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2025-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2024-56374?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-56374 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Djangoproject Django

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. Lack of upper-bound limit enforcement in strings passed when performing IPv6 validation could lead to a potential denial-of-service attack. The u…

EPSS: 0.001 (24.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Djangoproject Django — versions 4.2, 5.0, 5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Public proof-of-concept exploits

zhanpengliu-tencent/medium-cve

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56374?: CVE-2024-56374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2025-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2024-56374?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-56374 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.