Probability of dense subgraph in a random graph

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What is the probability that a random graph with $n$ vertices and degree sequence $\left(d_i\right)_{i=1..n}$ has a subgraph of $k$ vertices and density $\delta$?

The random graph is typically obtained through the configuration model.

The (simpler) case where the degree sequence is not prescribed but only the number $m$ of edges, leading to an Erdős–Rényi random graph, is also of interest.

Context: I generate random graphs and then add dense subgraphs to them in order to test an algorithm for detecting them, but I need to know if it is reasonable to assume that the initial graph has no such subgraph.