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CVE-2024-42005

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. QuerySet.values() and values_list() methods on models with a JSONField are subject to SQL injection in column aliases via a crafted JSON object key as a passed *arg.

Affected products

• Django: from 4.2 before 4.2.15; from 5.0 before 5.0.8 — fixed in 4.2.15, 5.0.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 4.2.15, 5.0.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240905-0007/

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