CVE-2019-14233

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.17% (88th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

46 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. Due to the behaviour of the underlying HTMLParser, django.utils.html.strip_tags would be extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedpython-django-0:2.1.11-1.el8ost.src as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1324
Fixedpython-django-bash-completion-0:2.1.11-1.el8ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1324
Fixedpython3-django-0:2.1.11-1.el8ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1324
Fixedpython-django-0:1.11.27-1.el7ost.src as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4390
Fixedpython-django-0:1.11.27-1.el7ost.src as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4390
Fixedpython-django-bash-completion-0:1.11.27-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4390
Fixedpython-django-bash-completion-0:1.11.27-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4390
Fixedpython2-django-0:1.11.27-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4390
Fixedpython2-django-0:1.11.27-1.el7ost.noarch as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4390

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-400US

affected products (46)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Open Source Django < 3.2.25all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Django < 4.2.11all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Django < 5.0.3all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat OpenStack <= 15all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Django< 3.2.25cert_bundDE
Open Source Django< 4.2.11cert_bundDE
Open Source Django< 5.0.3cert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenStack≤ 15cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Django Software Foundation Django1.11 → 1.11.23fstec_bduRU
Django Software Foundation Django2.1 → 2.1.11fstec_bduRU
Django Software Foundation Django2.2 → 2.2.4fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 30fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. HPE Helion Openstack≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE OpenStack Cloud≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE OpenStack Cloud≤ Crowbar 9fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE OpenStack Cloud≤ 9fstec_bduRU

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advisories (5)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2020:1324Red Hat Security Advisory: python-django security update2020-04-06csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for python-django is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2020:4390Red Hat Security Advisory: python-django security update2020-10-28csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for python-django is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2024-0539Red Hat OpenStack: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-04-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat OpenStack ausnutzen, um eine SQL-Injection durchzuführen, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen oder Informationen offenzulegen.
GHSA-h5jv-4p7w-64jgDjango Denial-of-service in strip_tags()2019-08-06ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. Due to the behaviour of the underlying HTMLParser, django.utils.html.strip_tags would be extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.
PYSEC-2019-122019-08-02vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. Due to the behaviour of the underlying HTMLParser, django.utils.html.strip_tags would be extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-08-02modified 2026-06-17

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references (45)

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