GHSA-2gwj-7jmv-h26r is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in django. 3 public exploit references exist, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for django — see the affected versions and patch details below.
SQL Injection in Django
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-2gwj-7jmv-h26r plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 10–50% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.28, 3.2 before 3.2.13, and 4.0 before 4.0.4. QuerySet.annotate(), aggregate(), and extra() methods are subject to SQL injection in column aliases via a crafted dictionary (with dictionary expansion) as the passed **kwargs.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 2.2&&< 2.2.28 | 2.2.28pip install --upgrade 'django==2.2.28' |
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 3.2&&< 3.2.13 | 3.2.13pip install --upgrade 'django==3.2.13' |
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 4.0&&< 4.0.4 | 4.0.4pip install --upgrade 'django==4.0.4' |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for django, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update django to 2.2.28 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-2gwj-7jmv-h26r is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-2gwj-7jmv-h26r can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-2gwj-7jmv-h26r. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Red Hat OpenStack does ship the affected version of Django, however, vulnerability is not exposed in the product as it does not make use of vulnerable code. We may update Django in a future release of OpenStack.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8 | automation-controller-0:4.1.2-2.el8ap | RHSA-2022:5702 |
| Red Hat Automation Hub 4.2 for RHEL 7 | python3-django-0:2.2.28-1.el7pc | RHSA-2022:5703 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 | python-django20-0:2.0.13-18.el8ost | RHSA-2022:8872 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | python-django20-0:2.0.13-17.el8ost | RHSA-2022:5115 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8 | python-django-0:3.2.13-1.el8pc | RHSA-2022:5498 |
| RHUI 4 for RHEL 8 | python-django-0:3.2.13-2.el8ui | RHSA-2022:5602 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-2gwj-7jmv-h26r in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-2gwj-7jmv-h26r across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.