Django: possible denial of service in strip_tags()
Published Mar 25, 2015
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 4.96%
Description
The utils.html.strip_tags function in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1, when using certain versions of Python, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by increasing the length of the input string.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.8.0
Configuration 3
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
- 22
- 13.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
python-django
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
python-django
Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
Django14
Not affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
Django
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | python-django | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | python-django | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | Django14 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | Django | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.96% (0.04960) | 91.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.00% (0.04995) | 91.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 1, 2025 | 1.66% (0.01661) | 81.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03415) | 86.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 2, 2025 | 1.66% (0.01661) | 80.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03415) | 86.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.07% (0.02065) | 73.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03415) | 85.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 26, 2025 | 1.66% (0.01661) | 80.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03415) | 86.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 22, 2025 | 1.66% (0.01661) | 80.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03415) | 86.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 1.66% (0.01661) | 80.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03415) | 86.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.96% (0.00963) | 83.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 9, 2024 | 1.08% (0.01083) | 84.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.08% (0.01083) | 82.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155421.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2539-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2316 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202809 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w Advisory
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/5447709a571cd5d95971f1d5d21d4a7edcf85bbd
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/b6b3cb9899214a23ebb0f4ebf0e0b300b0ee524f
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- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-18.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2316
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200229033201/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73322
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