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CVE-2024-45231
Vulnerability in django (CVE-2024-45231)
Summary
vulnerability in django (CVE-2024-45231). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `4.2.16, 5.0.9, 5.2.5` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-45231** has been found in django.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade django to **4.2.16, 5.0.9, 5.2.5** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "django CVE-2024-45231" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-45231 (django) — CWE-203 /
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `4.2.16, 5.0.9, 5.2.5` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-203) exists in django.
📍 Affected scope
django — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **4.2.16, 5.0.9, 5.2.5**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'django' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'django' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `django` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade django to 4.2.16, 5.0.9, 5.2.5ステージング環境で 4.2.16, 5.0.9, 5.2.5 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Bitnami
django
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"4.2.0"},{"fixed":"4.2.16"},{"introduced":"5.0.0"},{"fixed":"5.0.9"},{"introduced":"5.1.0"},{"fixed":"5.2.5"}]}]
PyPI
django
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.16"},{"introduced":"5.0"},{"fixed":"5.0.9"},{"introduced":"5.1"},{"fixed":"5.1.1"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45231
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrqc-c2jx-6jgv
- package https://github.com/django/django
- package https://pypi.org/project/django
- patch https://github.com/django/django/commit/3c733c78d6f8e50296d6e248968b6516c92a53ca
- patch https://github.com/django/django/commit/96d84047715ea1715b4bd1594e46122b8a77b9e2
- patch https://github.com/django/django/commit/bf4888d317ba4506d091eeac6e8b4f1fcc731199
- web https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- web https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- web https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases/
- web https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- web https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/sep/03/security-releases