CVE-2024-53907 Affecting awx package, versions <24.6.1-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-AWX-8620990
  • published13 Jan 2025
  • disclosed6 Dec 2024

Introduced: 6 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-53907  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard awx to version 24.6.1-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream awx package and not the awx package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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