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CVE-2023-24580: Resource exhaustion in Django

February 15, 2023 (updated March 19, 2025)

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.

References

  • docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/releases/security
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2hrw-hx67-34x6
  • github.com/django/django
  • github.com/django/django/commit/628b33a854a9c68ec8a0c51f382f304a0044ec92
  • github.com/django/django/commit/83f1ea83e4553e211c1c5a0dfc197b66d4e50432
  • github.com/django/django/commit/a665ed5179f5bbd3db95ce67286d0192eff041d8
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2023-13.yaml
  • groups.google.com/forum/
  • groups.google.com/forum/
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00023.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZS4G6NSZWPTVXMMZHJOJVQEPL3QTO77
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJB6FUBBLVKKG655UMTLQNN6UQ6EDLSP
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZS4G6NSZWPTVXMMZHJOJVQEPL3QTO77
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJB6FUBBLVKKG655UMTLQNN6UQ6EDLSP
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24580
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230316-0006
  • www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/feb/14/security-releases

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.2a1 before 3.2.18, all versions starting from 4.1a1 before 4.1.7, all versions starting from 4.0a1 before 4.0.10

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.18
  • 4.1.7
  • 4.0.10

Solution

Upgrade to versions 3.2.18, 4.0.10, 4.1.7 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

pypi/Django/CVE-2023-24580.yml

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