CVE-2026-84429
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
An issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18.
django.utils.http.parse_header_parameters() was subject to a potential denial-of-service attack due to quadratic time complexity when parsing a value with many separators inside a quoted parameter. An unauthenticated request could reach this parsing through headers such as Accept or Content-Type, for instance via the content negotiation performed by HttpRequest.accepts(). The per-call length limit does not bound the combined size of repeated headers.
Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.1.x, 5.0.x, and 4.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.
Django would like to thank Jisung Chae for reporting this issue.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | Django | 6.1 < 6.1.2 | affected |
| djangoproject | Django | 6.1.2 | unaffected |
| djangoproject | Django | 6.0 < 6.0.9 | affected |
| djangoproject | Django | 6.0.9 | unaffected |
| djangoproject | Django | 5.2 < 5.2.18 | affected |
| djangoproject | Django | 5.2.18 | unaffected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-407: CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/7ff7fcc0508864a4bc39693128ace38b1e95a890
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/de56deeabd4c48dfb5193f0001469d80102fb367
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/3d8f121695c21234aff3071de0d38b6bd38c3f52
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/6ecd66e09a383be004a78a3a738ea9727ff07b0e
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/oct/06/security-releases/
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