CVE-2026-84429
Published:October 06, 2026
Updated:October 09, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
django (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=5.0 <5.2.18Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.18django (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=6.1 <6.1.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.1.2django (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=6.0 <6.0.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.0.9https://github.com/django/django.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=5.0a1 <5.2.18Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.18https://github.com/django/django.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=6.1a1 <6.1.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.1.2https://github.com/django/django.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=6.0a1 <6.0.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.0.9django (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=5.0a1 <5.2.18Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.2.18django (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=6.0a1 <6.0.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.0.9django (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=6.1a1 <6.1.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.1.2Related Resources (8)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
EPSS
Base Score:
0.38