CVE-2023-46695
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)
Details
Summary
CVE-2023-46695 is a vulnerability found in Django versions 3.2 before 3.2.23, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.7. This vulnerability affects various products including i3sSg6, rMendz, iXqQMl, and others. The issue arises from the slow NFKC normalization on Windows, leading to a potential denial of service (DoS) attack on django.contrib.auth.forms.UsernameField through specific inputs with a large number of Unicode characters. The risk score for this vulnerability is 26, with a high base severity rating of 7.5 according to NIST's National Vulnerability Database (NVD). The exploitability score is 3.9, with no privileges required and no user interaction necessary for the attack to occur. The attack vector is through the network, and while there is no impact on integrity or confidentiality, it poses a high availability impact to the organization's system or network infrastructure.
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