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CVE-2025-64458
An issue was discovered in 5.1 before 5.1.14, 4.2 before 4.2.26, and 5.2 before 5.2.8.
NFKC normalization in Python is slow on Windows. As a consequence, `django.http.HttpResponseRedirect`, `django.http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect`, and the shortcut `django.shortcuts.redirect` were subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.
Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may al
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://pypi.org/project/Django/","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"django","product":"Django","repo":"https://github.com/django/django/","vendor":"djangoproject","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.2.8","status":"affected","version":"5.2","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.2.8","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThan":"5.1.14","status":"affected","version":"5.1","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"5.1.14","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThan":"4.2.26","status":"affected","version":"4.2","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","…
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:70c453caff48d08836f3a66c5de16c556335a9f168492eea458388bc9700dd22 · sha256:612ec2adb510ecec… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-407","description":"CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:70c453caff48d08836f3a66c5de16c556335a9f168492eea458388bc9700dd22 · sha256:612ec2adb510ecec… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"name":"Django security archive","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/"}
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{"name":"Django releases announcements","tags":["mailing-list"],"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:70c453caff48d08836f3a66c5de16c556335a9f168492eea458388bc9700dd22 · sha256:612ec2adb510ecec… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"Django security releases issued: 5.2.8, 5.1.14, and 4.2.26","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/nov/05/security-releases/"}
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Attribution and limitations
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