GHSA-296w-6qhq-gf92HighCVSS 7.5

Django denial of service via file upload naming

Published
May 14, 2022
Last Modified
September 18, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

The default configuration for the file upload handling system in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3 uses a sequential file name generation process when a file with a conflicting name is uploaded, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by unloading a multiple files with the same name.

🎯 Affected products3

  • pip/django:< 1.4.14
  • pip/django:>= 1.6, < 1.6.6
  • pip/Django:>= 1.5, < 1.5.9

🔗 References (9)