CVE-2024-53908

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

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. Direct usage of the django.db.models.fields.json.HasKey lookup, when an Oracle database is used, is subject to SQL injection if untrusted data is used as an lhs value. (Applications that use the jsonfield.has_key lookup via __ are unaffected.)

Affected products

Django: from 4.2 before 4.2.17; from 5.0 before 5.0.10; from 5.1 before 5.1.4 — fixed in 4.2.17, 5.0.10, 5.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 4.2.17, 5.0.10, 5.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/04/3

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