{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"BIT-django-2023-43665","published":"2024-03-06T10:51:25.579Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:32.836793587Z","aliases":["CVE-2023-43665","GHSA-h8gc-pgj2-vjm3","PYSEC-2023-226"],"details":"In Django 3.2 before 3.2.22, 4.1 before 4.1.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.6, the django.utils.text.Truncator chars() and words() methods (when used with html=True) are subject to a potential DoS (denial of service) attack via certain inputs with very long, potentially malformed HTML text. The chars() and words() methods are used to implement the truncatechars_html and truncatewords_html template filters, which are thus also vulnerable. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"django","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/django"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"3.2.0"},{"fixed":"3.2.22"},{"introduced":"4.1.0"},{"fixed":"4.1.12"},{"introduced":"4.2.0"},{"fixed":"4.2.6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/django/BIT-django-2023-43665.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/releases/security/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJFRPUHDYJHBH3KYHSPGULQM4JN7BMSU/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0001/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/oct/04/security-releases/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/04/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43665"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/"}],"database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"severity":"High"}}