CVE-2018-7536
An issue was discovered in Django 2.0 before 2.0.3, 1.11 before 1.11.11, and 1.8 before 1.8.19. The django.utils.html.urlize() function was extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs due to
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Django 2.0 before 2.0.3, 1.11 before 1.11.11, and 1.8 before 1.8.19. The django.utils.html.urlize() function was extremely slow to evaluate certain inputs due to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-03-09 00:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 97d96b2e7ddfab2403123e93fa254ed462add5ab7d76cc8d46ae0c5e703e5a16
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3591-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3591-1/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0051https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0051
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180308 [SECURITY] [DLA 1303-1] python-django security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00006.html
- www.securityfocus.com103361http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103361
- www.djangoproject.comhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2018/mar/06/security-releases/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0082https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0082
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2927https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0265https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0265
- www.debian.orgDSA-4161https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4161
- github.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/1ca63a66ef3163149ad822701273e8a1844192c2
- github.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/abf89d729f210c692a50e0ad3f75fb6bec6fae16
- github.comhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/e157315da3ae7005fa0683ffc9751dbeca7306c8
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- python-django Fixed in 1.11.11-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.11.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.11.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- python-django Fixed in 1:1.11.11-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- python-django Fixed in 1.6.11-0ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-django Fixed in 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.