{"id":"CVE-2015-2316","aliases":["GHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w","PYSEC-2015-18"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2316","summary":"Django Denial-of-service possibility with strip_tags","details":"The utils.html.strip_tags function in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1, when using certain versions of Python, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by increasing the length of the input string.","published":"2015-03-25T14:59:02Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:20:31.021690025Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.0496,"percentile":0.91663,"asOf":"2026-09-10"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","fixedVersion":"1.6.11"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","fixedVersion":"1.7.7"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","fixedVersion":"1.8c1"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-04-16T06:20:31.021690025Z"}}