An issue was discovered in Django 3.2 before 3.2.23, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 4.2 before…
Priority HIGH 65CWE-770Published · 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: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Django 3.2 before 3.2.23, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.7. The NFKC normalization is slow on Windows. As a consequence, django.contrib.auth.forms.UsernameField is subject to a potential DoS (denial of service) attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.53447 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Django (PyPI): 3.2.23, 4.1.13, 4.2.7Red Hat: 1 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 3.2a1 to before 3.2.23 | 3.2.23 | Patch available | GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 4.1a1 to before 4.1.13 | 4.1.13 | Patch available | GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq |
| — | Django (PyPI) | 4.2a1 to before 4.2.7 | 4.2.7 | Patch available | GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3.2a1 to before 3.2.23 Fixed in 3.2.23 Patch available GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.1a1 to before 4.1.13 Fixed in 4.1.13 Patch available GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq
- Django (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.2a1 to before 4.2.7 Fixed in 4.2.7 Patch available GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.2 to before 3.2.23; 4.1 to before 4.1.13; 4.2. to before 4.2.7 | Vulnerable | djangoproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 to before 3.2.23; 4.1 to before 4.1.13; 4.2. to before 4.2.7 Vulnerable ·djangoproject
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq Django (PyPI) Fixed in 3.2.23 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq Django (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.13 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq Django (PyPI) Fixed in 4.2.7 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Storage 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0
- Red Hat Satellite 6
- Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46695
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq
- 2026-11-03 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
References
Patch 2
Other 11
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231214-0001/
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/048a9ebb6ea468426cb4e57c71572cbbd975517f
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/4965bfdde2e5a5c883685019e57d123a3368a75e
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/f9a7fb8466a7ba4857eaf930099b5258f3eafb2b
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/releases/security
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2023-222.yaml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231214-0001
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/nov/01/security-releases
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- 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-2023-46695 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-46695 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-46695 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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