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GHSA-2F9M-QHXG-W5V5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-04 18:31 – Updated: 2026-08-04 18:31

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An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. django.utils.translation.check_for_language() is subject to a potential denial-of-service attack when given many distinct, very long language codes, which are retained as keys in an in-memory cache and consume process memory. Such codes reach the function through the django.views.i18n.set_language() view, which is not routed by default. The consumed memory is bounded, since request data is limited by the DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE setting (default 2.5 MB) and the cache holds a fixed maximum number of entries. 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 Jaeyoung Jang for reporting this issue.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-15337 (GCVE-0-2026-15337)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-04 15:48 – Updated: 2026-08-04 17:21

Title

Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in check_for_language()

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. `django.utils.translation.check_for_language()` is subject to a potential denial-of-service attack when given many distinct, very long language codes, which are retained as keys in an in-memory cache and consume process memory. Such codes reach the function through the `django.views.i18n.set_language()` view, which is not routed by default. The consumed memory is bounded, since request data is limited by the `DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` setting (default 2.5 MB) and the cache holds a fixed maximum number of entries. 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 Jaeyoung Jang for reporting this issue.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

Assigner

DSF

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/se…	vendor-advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce	mailing-list
https://github.com/django/django/commit/27137e655…	patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b3523d29…	patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/224dbc832…	patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/c72a5dbb6…	patch
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
djangoproject	Django	Affected: 6.0 , < 6.0.8 (python) Unaffected: 6.0.8 (python) Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.17 (python) Unaffected: 5.2.17 (python)

Date Public

2026-08-04 10:00

Credits

Jaeyoung Jang Natalia Bidart Natalia Bidart

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