CVE-2019-14233

Django: the behavior of the underlying HTMLParser leading to DoS

Published Aug 2, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. Due to the behaviour of the underlying HTMLParser, django.utils.html.strip_tags would be extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1872-1 python-django security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4498-1 python-django security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-0036 An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. Due to the behaviour of the underlying HTMLParser, django.utils.html.strip_tags would be extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-h5jv-4p7w-64jg Django Denial-of-service in strip_tags()
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4084-1 Django vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 12:12 AM
Reserved
Jul 22, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 2, 2019, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:18 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 1, 2019, 8:00 AM