CVE-2025-32873 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-32873: An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.21, 5.1 before 5.1.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.1. The django.utils.html.strip_tags() function is vulnerable to a potential denial-of-service (slow performance) when processing inputs containing large sequences of incomplete HTML tags. The template filter st

Affects 5 Linux releases across 5 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-32873 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

python-django→ fixed in2:2.2.28-1~deb11u7urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-django
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

python-django→ fixed in3:3.2.25-0+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-django
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

python-django→ fixed in3:4.2.21-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-django
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

py3-django→ fixed in4.2.21-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade py3-django

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

py3-django→ fixed in4.2.21-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade py3-django

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