CVE-2026-15830
MEDIUMPotential denial-of-service vulnerability via nested geometry collections
Title source: cnaDescription
An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. GeoDjango's `django.contrib.gis.geos.GEOSGeometry` is subject to a potential denial-of-service when parsing deeply nested `GEOMETRYCOLLECTION` objects supplied as well-known text (WKT), well-known binary (WKB), or hex-encoded WKB, which triggers unbounded recursion and a segmentation fault in the underlying GEOS library. Spatial field lookups and the `django.contrib.gis.forms.GeometryField` form field are also affected. 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 Andrew MacPherson and kimchunbok_ for reporting this issue.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
Django security archive
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
Django security releases issued: 6.0.8 and 5.2.17
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/security-releases/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0052
EPSS Percentile
41.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (4)
djangoproject/Django
5.2 - 5.2.17
djangoproject/Django
5.2.17
djangoproject/Django
6.0 - 6.0.8
djangoproject/Django
6.0.8
Published
Aug 04, 2026
Tracked Since
Aug 04, 2026