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CVE-2025-32873: Django has a denial-of-service possibility in strip_tags()

May 8, 2025

An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.21, 5.1 before 5.1.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.1. The django.utils.html.strip_tags() function is vulnerable to a potential denial-of-service (slow performance) when processing inputs containing large sequences of incomplete HTML tags. The template filter striptags is also vulnerable, because it is built on top of strip_tags().

References

  • docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j24-cjrq-gr2m
  • github.com/django/django
  • github.com/django/django/commit/9f3419b519799d69f2aba70b9d25abe2e70d03e0
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2025-37.yaml
  • groups.google.com/g/django-announce
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32873
  • www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/may/07/security-releases

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.2 before 4.2.21, all versions starting from 5.1 before 5.1.9, all versions starting from 5.2 before 5.2.1

Fixed versions

  • 4.2.21
  • 5.1.9
  • 5.2.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.2.21, 5.1.9, 5.2.1 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

pypi/Django/CVE-2025-32873.yml

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