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CVE-2022-23833
Published:February 03, 2022
Updated:June 14, 2026
An issue was discovered in MultiPartParser in Django 2.2 before 2.2.27, 3.2 before 3.2.12, and 4.0 before 4.0.2. Passing certain inputs to multipart forms could result in an infinite loop when parsing files.
Affected Packages
django (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2.2 <2.2.27
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.2.27
django (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3.2 <3.2.12
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.2.12
django (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=4.0 <4.0.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.0.2
Related Resources (18)
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security
https://github.com/django/django/commit/f9c7d48fdd6f198a6494a9202f90242f176e4fc9
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B4SQG2EAF4WCI2SLRL6XRDJ3RPK3ZRDV
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5254
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B4SQG2EAF4WCI2SLRL6XRDJ3RPK3ZRDV/
https://github.com/django/django/commit/d16133568ef9c9b42cb7a08bdf9ff3feec2e5468
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23833
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220221-0003
https://github.com/django/django
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/feb/01/security-releases/
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6cw3-g6wv-c2xv
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/feb/01/security-releases
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2022-20.yaml
https://github.com/django/django/commit/c477b761804984c932704554ad35f78a2e230c6a
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220221-0003/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-835
EPSS
Base Score:
1.06