CVE-2023-23969

HIGH

Django 3.2-3.2.16 4.0-4.0.8 4.1-4.1.5 - Denial of Service via Accept-Language Header Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Django 3.2 before 3.2.17, 4.0 before 4.0.9, and 4.1 before 4.1.6, the parsed values of Accept-Language headers are cached in order to avoid repetitive parsing. This leads to a potential denial-of-service vector via excessive memory usage if the raw value of Accept-Language headers is very large.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0609
EPSS Percentile 90.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
djangoproject/django 3.2 - 3.2.17
pypi/Django 3.2a1 - 3.2.17PyPI
Published Feb 01, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026