CVE-2024-27351: Djangoproject Django

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Django 3.2 before 3.2.25, 4.2 before 4.2.11, and 5.0 before 5.0.3, the django.utils.text.Truncator.words() method (with html=True) and the truncatewords_html template filter are subject to a potential regular expression denial-of-service attack via a crafted string. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-14232 and CVE-2023-43665.

Affected products

• Djangoproject Django: from 3.2, before 3.2.25 (fixed in 3.2.25); from 4.2, before 4.2.11 (fixed in 4.2.11); from 5.0, before 5.0.3 (fixed in 5.0.3)

Published 2024-03-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.