SCA: security update for Django (GHSA-9v8h-57gv-qch6)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432535

Description

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

- The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other
products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-
Language headers. (CVE-2007-5712)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9v8h-57gv-qch6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432535

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

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: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5712

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5712

BID: 26227

cwe: CWE-400