Resource exhaustion in Django - CVE-2025-32873

Vulnerability identifier: #VU108774

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-32873

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the django.utils.html.strip_tags() function. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Django
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Fedora
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Storage Defender - Resiliency Service
Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector
python-django (Ubuntu package)
python3-django (Ubuntu package)
python-django (Debian package)
python311-Django
python-django-help
python3-Django
python-django
python-django4.2
python-django5
dev-python/django
Splunk Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Django - addressed in versions 4.2.21, 5.1.9, 5.2.1
Storage Defender - Resiliency Service - update to 2.0.14
Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector - addressed in versions 8.11.21, 9.0.13, 9.1.3
python-django (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
python3-django (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29, 2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.18, 3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.7, 3:4.2.15-1ubuntu1.4, 3:4.2.18-1ubuntu1.1
python-django (Debian package) - update to 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1
python311-Django - update to 4.2.11-150600.3.21.1
python-django-help - update to 4.2.15-6
python3-Django - update to 4.2.15-6
python-django - update to 4.2.15-6
python-django4.2 - addressed in versions 4.2.22-1.el9, 4.2.22-1.fc41, 4.2.22-1.fc42
python-django - update to 5.1.9-1
python-django5 - addressed in versions 5.1.10-1.fc41, 5.2.2-1.fc42
dev-python/django - update to 5.2.1
Splunk Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) - update to 7.1.0

• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/may/07/security-releases/

• Remote denial of service in Django
• Ubuntu update for python-django
• Ubuntu update for python-django
• SUSE update for python-Django
• openEuler update for python-django
• Arch Linux update for python-django
• SUSE update for python-Django
• Fedora 41 update for python-django4.2
• Fedora 42 update for python-django4.2
• Fedora EPEL 9 update for python-django4.2
• Fedora 42 update for python-django5
• Fedora 41 update for python-django5
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Defender - Resiliency Service
• Gentoo update for Django
• IBM Edge Data Collector update for Django
• Splunk SOAR update for third-party components
• Debian update for python-django