An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs w...

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.013, the 69th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 7 Aug 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-795c-9xpc-xw6g
• OSV: GHSA-795c-9xpc-xw6g
• docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
• groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases/
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-795c-9xpc-xw6g

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