diff --git a/django/urls/resolvers.py b/django/urls/resolvers.py
index 26c9884e18..633eba272c 100644
--- a/django/urls/resolvers.py
+++ b/django/urls/resolvers.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class LocalePrefixPattern:
     @property
     def regex(self):
         # This is only used by reverse() and cached in _reverse_dict.
-        return re.compile(self.language_prefix)
+        return re.compile(re.escape(self.language_prefix))
 
     @property
     def language_prefix(self):
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.16.txt b/docs/releases/3.2.16.txt
index 3769d0837c..da0a6c4ed4 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.16.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.16.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ Django 3.2.16 release notes
 
 Django 3.2.16 fixes a security issue with severity "medium" in 3.2.15.
 
-...
+CVE-2022-41323: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in internationalized URLs
+===================================================================================
+
+Internationalized URLs were subject to potential denial of service attack via
+the locale parameter.
diff --git a/docs/releases/4.0.8.txt b/docs/releases/4.0.8.txt
index 602fe0a76a..b057eaa1ea 100644
--- a/docs/releases/4.0.8.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/4.0.8.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ Django 4.0.8 release notes
 
 Django 4.0.8 fixes a security issue with severity "medium" in 4.0.7.
 
-...
+CVE-2022-41323: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in internationalized URLs
+===================================================================================
+
+Internationalized URLs were subject to potential denial of service attack via
+the locale parameter.
diff --git a/tests/i18n/patterns/tests.py b/tests/i18n/patterns/tests.py
index db04e9a1a4..73a7619dfe 100644
--- a/tests/i18n/patterns/tests.py
+++ b/tests/i18n/patterns/tests.py
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ class URLTranslationTests(URLTestCaseBase):
             self.assertEqual(translate_url("/nl/gebruikers/", "en"), "/en/users/")
             self.assertEqual(translation.get_language(), "nl")
 
+    def test_locale_not_interepreted_as_regex(self):
+        with translation.override("e("):
+            # Would previously error:
+            # re.error: missing ), unterminated subpattern at position 1
+            reverse("users")
+
 
 class URLNamespaceTests(URLTestCaseBase):
     """