Security advisory

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  "id": "c9c65a499b75be972b138230acacf64d3b25a03356650bb7b982ff5aa9c20e2c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41323",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-41323",
    "summary": "In Django 3.2 before 3.2.16, 4.0 before 4.0.8, and 4.1 before 4.1.2, internationalized URLs were subject to a potential denial of service attack via the locale parameter, which is treated as a regular expression.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-41323",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-41323",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-django-2022-41323",
        "CVE-2022-41323",
        "GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg",
        "PYSEC-2022-304"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/django/django",
              "type": "GIT",
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                },
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                  "fixed": "4c85beca9d8bf24573d741e26ea36295c69af5b2"
                },
                {
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                  "fixed": "7d5cb4950166a0e5eaf1c14742b64b8b055b0021"
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                  "introduced": "9fee86e44dd83dc968ec443adcde191b3eba1286"
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                {
                  "fixed": "6e9c6a05f17cba71d40d16ff1d869ed3d6e3b6a0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5b6b257fa7ec37ff27965358800c67e2dd11c924"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "3.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.2.16"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "4.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "4.0.8"
                      }
                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.1"
                      },
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                        "fixed": "4.1.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-41323.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:22.413380875Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/",
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/41xxx/CVE-2022-41323.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKYVMMR7RPM6AHJ2SBVM2LO6D3NGFY7B/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZS4G6NSZWPTVXMMZHJOJVQEPL3QTO77/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJB6FUBBLVKKG655UMTLQNN6UQ6EDLSP/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41323",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221124-0001/",
        "https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b6b257fa7ec37ff27965358800c67e2dd11c924",
        "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/oct/04/security-releases/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/41xxx/CVE-2022-41323.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2022-41323",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 488545,
  "published_at": "2022-10-16T00:00:00+00:00"
}