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.
CVE-2022-41323
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 9.7%, top 7% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 84.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 16, 2022
Last Modified
May 14, 2025
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttps://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/django/django/commit/5b6b257fa7ec37ff27965358800c67e2dd11c924
- cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZS4G6NSZWPTVXMMZHJOJVQEPL3QTO77/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJB6FUBBLVKKG655UMTLQNN6UQ6EDLSP/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221124-0001/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/oct/04/security-releases/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b6b257fa7ec37ff27965358800c67e2dd11c924
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-41323(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python-django-doc (2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.14) @ focal | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python-django-0:3.2.18-1.el8pc | 2023-05-03 | redhat |
| redhat | python-django-0:3.2.16-1.0.1.el8ui | 2023-02-13 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| django | 3.2 ... 1.0 (36 versions) | 4.1.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
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Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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