CVE-2024-41989: Django memory consumption vulnerability
An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The floatformat template filter is subject to significant memory consumption when given a string representation of a number in scientific notation with a large exponent.
References
- docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-jh75-99hh-qvx9
- github.com/django/django
- github.com/django/django/commit/27900fe56f3d3cabb4aeb6ccb82f92bab29073a8
- github.com/django/django/commit/fc76660f589ac07e45e9cd34ccb8087aeb11904b
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-67.yaml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41989
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases
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