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, …
Medium CVSS 5.3
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_…
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/224dbc832586ad5cfb0237c2ff30d14baeaddc6f
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/27137e655e442e81095f1f8f77ff3870d9fdf169
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b3523d29be25948e1dd90b3863a002f00fc865f
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c72a5dbb64d0777f3f471f1be94e8b2ca91e0959
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/security-releases/
Timeline
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