CVE-2023-46695

python-django: Potential denial of service vulnerability in UsernameField on Windows

Published Nov 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 53.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Django 3.2 before 3.2.23, 4.1 before 4.1.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.7. The NFKC normalization is slow on Windows. As a consequence, django.contrib.auth.forms.UsernameField is subject to a potential DoS (denial of service) attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qmf9-6jqf-j8fq Django potential denial of service vulnerability in UsernameField on Windows
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 8:53 PM
Reserved
Oct 25, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 2, 2023, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:31 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 1, 2023, 7:00 AM