CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-84429

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18, the function django.utils.http.parse_header_parameters() is 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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can send specially crafted requests that cause excessive CPU usage, leading to service unavailability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Django to versions 6.1.2, 6.0.9, or 5.2.18, which include the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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