Resource exhaustion in Djangoproject Django
CVE-2026-25673
An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.3, 5.2 before 5.2.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.29. `URLField.to_python()` in Django calls `urllib.parse.urlsplit()`, which performs NFKC normalization on Windows that is disproportionately slow for certain Unicode characters, allowing a remote attacker to cause denial of service via large URL inputs containing these characters. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Seokchan Yoon for reporting this issue.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.004
Affected products
- Djangoproject Django — versions 6.0, 6.0.3, 5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92 (mailing-list, Release Notes)
- 6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-25673?
- CVE-2026-25673 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-03-03.
- How severe is CVE-2026-25673?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.