CVE-2024-42005: Django SQL injection vulnerability
An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. QuerySet.values() and valueslist() methods on models with a JSONField are subject to SQL injection in column aliases via a crafted JSON object key as a passed arg.
Published Aug 7, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Affected packages
Django
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- >= 5.0, < 5.0.8
- Fixed in
- 5.0.8
- Check
pip show Django
Django
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- >= 4.2, < 4.2.15
- Fixed in
- 4.2.15
- Check
pip show Django
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
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.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42005
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/32ebcbf2e1fe3e5ba79a6554a167efce81f7422d
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/f4af67b9b41e0f4c117a8741da3abbd1c869ab28
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2024-70.yaml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240905-0007
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pv4p-cwwg-4rph
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