CVE-2025-32873
CVSS v3
5.3
MEDIUM
EPSS Score
14.2 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-12
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Affected and fixed versions
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Packages
- djangoPyPIfrom 4.2 · fixed in 4.2.21
- djangoBitnamifrom 4.2.0 · fixed in 4.2.21
Vendor advisories
django: Django StripTags Denial of Service
ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-dellemc-openmanage-rhel8 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · ansible-automation-platform-24/lightspeed-rhel8 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · ansible-automation-platform-24/platform-resource-runner-rhel8 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.21, 5.1 before 5.1.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.1. The django.utils.html.strip_tags() function is vulnerable to a potential denial-of-service (slow performance) when processing inputs containing large sequences of incomplete HTML tags. The template filter striptags is also vulnerable, because it is built on top of strip_tags().
Technical details
- Published
- 2025-05-08
Frequently asked questions
What is CVE-2025-32873?
An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.21, 5.1 before 5.1.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.1. The django.utils.html.strip_tags() function is vulnerable to a potential denial-of-service (slow performance) when processing inputs containing large sequences of incomplete HTML tags. The template filter striptags is also vulnerable, because it is built on top of strip_tags().
Is CVE-2025-32873 actively exploited?
Active exploitation of CVE-2025-32873 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 14.2% on 2026-10-12, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-32873?
CVE-2025-32873 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM severity).
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