CVE-2026-53878
MEDIUMHeader injection possibility since DomainNameValidator accepted newlines in input
Title source: cnaDescription
An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.7 and 5.2 before 5.2.16. `DomainNameValidator` does not prohibit newlines in domain names (unless used via a form field, since `CharField` strips newlines). If an application uses values with newlines in an HTTP response, header injection can occur. Django itself is unaffected because `HttpResponse` prohibits newlines in HTTP headers. 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 Bence Nagy for reporting this issue.
References (3)
Core 3
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: 6.0.7 and 5.2.16
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/07/security-releases/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-144
Status
published
Products (4)
djangoproject/Django
5.2 - 5.2.16
djangoproject/Django
5.2.16
djangoproject/Django
6.0 - 6.0.7
djangoproject/Django
6.0.7
Published
Jul 07, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 07, 2026