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CVE-2023-43665

HIGHDjango
score
<0.1
cvss
7.5
epss
1.5%
published
2023-11-03
kev added
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first seen

Django 3.2 < 3.2.22, 4.1 < 4.1.12, and 4.2 < 4.2.6 contain a denial of service caused by vulnerable chars() and words() methods in django.utils.text.Truncator when used with html=True, letting attackers cause resource exhaustion via long or malformed HTML inputs, exploit requires crafted HTML input.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2023-11-03 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxTscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 1.2%2026-09-23: epss 1.2%2026-09-24: epss 1.2%2026-09-25: epss 1.2%2026-09-26: epss 1.2%2026-09-27: epss 1.2%2026-09-28: epss 1.2%2026-09-29: epss 1.2%2026-09-30: epss 1.2%2026-10-01: epss 1.2%2026-10-02: epss 1.2%2026-10-03: epss 1.2%2026-10-04: epss 1.2%2026-10-05: epss 1.5%2026-10-06: epss 1.5%2026-10-07: epss 1.5%2026-10-08: epss 1.5%2026-10-09: epss 1.5%2026-10-10: epss 1.5%2026-10-11: epss 1.5%2026-10-12: epss 1.5%2026-10-13: epss 1.5%2026-10-14: epss 1.5%2026-10-15: epss 1.5%2026-10-16: epss 1.5%2026-10-18: epss 1.5%2026-10-19: epss 1.5%2026-10-20: epss 1.5%2026-10-21: epss 1.5%1.5%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx

Weaknesses

CWE-1284

References 8