FKIE_CVE-2026-73228

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-11 19:18 - Updated: 2026-08-13 15:20
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Django REST framework is a toolkit for building Web APIs. Prior to 3.17.2, Django REST Framework's request.data parsing in rest_framework/request.py Request._parse() passes the underlying HttpRequest stream to JSONParser and FormParser for application/json and application/x-www-form-urlencoded bodies, bypassing Django's DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE protection and allowing oversized request bodies to consume additional memory and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 3.17.2.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/2912dc98042f78e27636551fc22eeaf10f725fdd
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/82ef7b7e4e0a73ba5c489b465fae7e76d948da4e
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/10013
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8g-3cmr-wg3w
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8g-3cmr-wg3w
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