Description
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes vendor-advisory
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Mailing List mailing-list
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
Various Sources vendor-advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/mar/03/security-releases/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0064
EPSS Percentile
45.7%
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-400
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (2)
djangoproject/django
4.2.0 - 4.2.29
pypi/Django
6.0 - 6.0.3PyPI
Published
Mar 03, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 03, 2026