---
id: CVE-2024-53907
aliases:
  - GHSA-8498-2h75-472j
  - BIT-django-2024-53907
  - PYSEC-2024-156
title: Django denial-of-service in django.utils.html.strip_tags()
summary: Django denial-of-service in django.utils.html.strip_tags()
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
vendor: django
product: django
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - 'django >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.4'
  - 'django >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.17'
  - 'django >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.10'
  - 'django >= 5.1, < 5.1.4'
  - 'django >= 5.0, < 5.0.10'
  - 'django >= 4.2, < 4.2.17'
patched:
  - django 5.1.4
  - django 4.2.17
  - django 5.0.10
  - django 5.1.4
  - django 5.0.10
  - django 4.2.17
published: '2024-12-06'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:50:56.451814675Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8498-2h75-472j'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53907'
  - url: 'https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security'
  - url: 'https://github.com/django/django'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-156.yaml
  - url: 'https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce'
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00028.html'
  - url: 'https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/04/security-releases'
  - url: 'https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.01388
epssPercentile: 0.71085
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.675Z'
---

## Overview

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.4, 5.0 before 5.0.10, and 4.2 before 4.2.17. The strip_tags() method and striptags template filter are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs containing large sequences of nested incomplete HTML entities.

## Affected packages

- `django >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.4`
- `django >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.17`
- `django >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.10`
- `django >= 5.1, < 5.1.4`
- `django >= 5.0, < 5.0.10`
- `django >= 4.2, < 4.2.17`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `django 5.1.4`
- `django 4.2.17`
- `django 5.0.10`
- `django 5.1.4`
- `django 5.0.10`
- `django 4.2.17`