CVE-2024-56374

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.5, 5.0 before 5.0.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.18. Lack of upper-bound limit enforcement in strings passed when performing IPv6 validation could lead to a potential denial-of-service attack. The undocumented and private functions clean_ipv6_address and is_valid_ipv6_address are vulnerable, as is the django.forms.GenericIPAddressField form field. (The django.db.models.GenericIPAddressField model field is not affected.)

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-56374 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-56374.

URL	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/14/2
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00024.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56374
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56374
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/jan/14/security-releases/