In Django 3.2 before 3.2.16, 4.0 before 4.0.8, and 4.1 before 4.1.2, internationalized…
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-1333Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-1333.
Summary
In Django 3.2 before 3.2.16, 4.0 before 4.0.8, and 4.1 before 4.1.2, internationalized URLs were subject to a potential denial of service attack via the locale parameter, which is treated as a regular expression.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03751 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Django (PyPI): 3.2.16, 4.0.8, 4.1.2Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 fixed, 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 3.2 to before 3.2.16 | 3.2.16 | Patch available | GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 4.0 to before 4.0.8 | 4.0.8 | Patch available | GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 4.1 to before 4.1.2 | 4.1.2 | Patch available | GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3.2 to before 3.2.16 Fixed in 3.2.16 Patch available GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.0 to before 4.0.8 Fixed in 4.0.8 Patch available GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.1 to before 4.1.2 Fixed in 4.1.2 Patch available GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.2 to before 3.2.16; 4.0 to before 4.0.8; 4.1 to before 4.1.2 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 to before 3.2.16; 4.0 to before 4.0.8; 4.1 to before 4.1.2 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg Django (PyPI) Fixed in 3.2.16 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg Django (PyPI) Fixed in 4.0.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg Django (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.2 Advisory →
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2023:2097 Released 2023-05-03 · Red Hat rating ImportantSatellite 6.13 Release
- Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 ansible-collection-redhat-satellite-3.9.0-2.el8sat, ansible-collection-redhat-satellite_operations-1.3.0-2.el8sat, ansible-lint-5.0.8-4.el8pc +47
- RHSA-2023:0742 Released 2023-02-13 · Red Hat rating LowRHUI 4.3.0 release - Security Fixes, Bug Fixes, and Enhancements Update
- RHUI 4 for RHEL 8 python-django-3.2.16-1.0.1.el8ui, python39-django-3.2.16-1.0.1.el8ui
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix yet |
| RHUI 4 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:0742 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2097 |
Not affected: 8 products
- RHUI 4 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8
- Red Hat Storage 3
- Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-41323
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg
References
Advisory 9
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/oct/04/security-releases/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221124-0001/
- FEDORA-2023-3d775d93be
- FEDORA-2023-bde7913e5a
- FEDORA-2023-a74513bda8
- FEDORA-2023-8fed428c5e
- FEDORA-2023-a53ab7c969
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41323
Other 14
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/23f0093125ac2e553da6c1b2f9988eb6a3dd2ea1
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/9d656ea51d9ea7105c0c0785783ac29d426a7d25
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2022-304.yaml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VZS4G6NSZWPTVXMMZHJOJVQEPL3QTO77
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YJB6FUBBLVKKG655UMTLQNN6UQ6EDLSP
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221124-0001
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/oct/04/security-releases
More djangoproject Django vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-15177 An issue was discovered in Django 3.2 before 3.2.14 and 4.0 before 4.0.6. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-05994 Django 1.11 before 1.11.28, 2.2 before 2.2.10, and 3.0 before 3.0.3 allows SQL Injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-10198 An issue was discovered in the Multipart Request Parser in Django 3.2 before 3.2.18, 4.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-14306 Django before 1.11.27, 2.x before 2.2.9, and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows account takeover. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-10595 An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-14006 Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-41323 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-41323 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-41323 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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