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SCA: security update for Django (GHSA-3jqw-crqj-w8qw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421900

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The verify_exists functionality in the URLField implementation in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before
 1.3.1 relies on Python libraries that attempt access to an arbitrary URL with no timeout, which allows
 remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a URL associated with (1) a slow
 response, (2) a completed TCP connection with no application data sent, or (3) a large amount of
 application data, a related issue to CVE-2011-1521. (CVE-2011-4137)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jqw-crqj-w8qw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421900

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4137

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4137

BID: 49573