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CVE-2024-39614: Django vulnerable to Denial of Service

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-39614· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 5.0.7 soon.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 17:27 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.0.7, 4.2.14
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Jul 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 4 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Django to 5.0.7; Django to 4.2.14.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
PyPIDjangoAffected
  • >=5.0 <5.0.7
Fixed in
  • 5.0.7
PyPIDjangoAffected
  • >=4.2 <4.2.14
Fixed in
  • 4.2.14

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AI-suggested

Apply the official patches by upgrading Django to version 5.0.7 or later, or 4.2.14 or later. These versions contain the fix for this denial-of-service vulnerability. No other mitigation is required as the issue is resolved in these releases.

Description

Django versions 5.0 prior to 5.0.7 and 4.2 prior to 4.2.14 contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the get_supported_language_variant() function. This flaw can be triggered by processing very long strings with specific characters, potentially causing a denial of service. The issue has been fixed in versions 5.0.7 and 4.2.14.

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