In Django 3.2 before 3.2.20, 4 before 4.1.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.3, EmailValidator and URLValidator are subject to a potential ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack via a very large number of domain name labels of emails and URLs.
CVE-2023-36053
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 9.6%, 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
- 85.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 3, 2023
Last Modified
November 4, 2025
References (17)
- cve@mitrehttps://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/releases/security/
- cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00022.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NRDGTUN4LTI6HG4TWR3JYLSFVXPZT42A/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XG5DYKPNDCEHJQ3TKPJQO7QGSR4FAYMS/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5465
- cve@mitrehttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/jul/03/security-releases/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/releases/security/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00022.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NRDGTUN4LTI6HG4TWR3JYLSFVXPZT42A/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XG5DYKPNDCEHJQ3TKPJQO7QGSR4FAYMS/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZQJOMNRMVPCN5WMIZ7YSX5LQ7IR2NY4D/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-36053(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python-django-doc (3:3.2.18-1ubuntu0.3) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python-django (1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm1) @ bionic | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | python-django-0:4.2.11-1.el8ui | 2024-04-18 | redhat |
| redhat | python-django-0:2.2.24-5.el9ost | 2024-01-16 | redhat |
| redhat | python-django-0:3.2.21-1.el8pc | 2023-11-08 | redhat |
| redhat | python-django-0:3.2.20-1.el9ap | 2023-08-21 | redhat |
| redhat | automation-controller-0:4.4.2-1.el9ap | 2023-08-21 | 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 ... 4.2.2 (47 versions) | 3.2.20 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4692MODERATE2023-07-03
RHSA-2023:4692 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:4693MODERATE2023-07-03
RHSA-2023:4693 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:0212MODERATE2023-07-03
RHSA-2024:0212 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1878MODERATE2023-07-03
RHSA-2024:1878 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6203-1MEDIUM
Django vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-6203-2MEDIUM
Django vulnerability
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