{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"BIT-django-2024-56374","published":"2025-03-10T08:13:20.368Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:36.480558270Z","aliases":["CVE-2024-56374","GHSA-qcgg-j2x8-h9g8","PYSEC-2025-1"],"details":"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 undocumented and private functions clean_ipv6_address and is_valid_ipv6_address are vulnerable, as is the django.forms.GenericIPAddressField form field. (The django.db.models.GenericIPAddressField model field is not affected.)","affected":[{"package":{"name":"django","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/django"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"4.2.0"},{"fixed":"5.1.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/django/BIT-django-2024-56374.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/dev/releases/security/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/jan/14/security-releases/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00024.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56374"}],"database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*"],"severity":"High"}}