CVE-2026-1285 (GCVE-0-2026-1285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-03 14:35 – Updated: 2026-02-03 16:22
VLAI?
Title
Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in django.utils.text.Truncator HTML methods
Summary
An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.2, 5.2 before 5.2.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.28. `django.utils.text.Truncator.chars()` and `Truncator.words()` methods (with `html=True`) and the `truncatechars_html` and `truncatewords_html` template filters allow a remote attacker to cause a potential denial-of-service via crafted inputs containing a large number of unmatched HTML end tags. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Seokchan Yoon for reporting this issue.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
DSF
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
djangoproject Django Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0.2 (semver)
Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.2.11 (semver)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.28 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.2.28 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2026-02-03 08:00
Credits
Seokchan Yoon Natalia Bidart Jacob Walls
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