Django vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingGHSA-p3fp-8748-vqfq
MEDIUMGHSA-p3fp-8748-vqfq is a medium-severity (CVSS 5) CWE-770 vulnerability in django. A fix is available for django — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-p3fp-8748-vqfq.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.7, 5.0 before 5.0.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.20. The django.utils.text.wrap() method and wordwrap template filter are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack when used with very long strings.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 4.2&&< 4.2.20 | 4.2.20pip install --upgrade 'django==4.2.20' |
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 5.0&&< 5.0.13 | 5.0.13pip install --upgrade 'django==5.0.13' |
| 🐍PyPI | django | ≥ 5.1&&< 5.1.7 | 5.1.7pip install --upgrade 'django==5.1.7' |
Affected Products
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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 4.2.20 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-p3fp-8748-vqfq is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
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.
This vulnerability is rated as a Moderate severity because it exposes the wrap() method and wordwrap template filter to a potential denial of service attack. Malicious input containing extremely long strings could cause excessive processing, leading to resource exhaustion. However, it does not affect data…
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for GHSA-p3fp-8748-vqfq (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery 1 for RHEL 9 | discovery/discovery-server-rhel9:1.13.1-1 | RHSA-2025:3709 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | python3x-django-0:4.2.21-1.el8ap | RHSA-2025:8609 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | python3.11-django-0:4.2.20-1.el8ap | RHSA-2025:3160 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8:2.5.250318-2 | RHSA-2025:3162 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | automation-controller-0:4.6.12-1.el8ap | RHSA-2025:4553 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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