CVE-2026-25673

Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in URLField via Unicode normalization on Windows

Published Mar 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8p8v-wh79-9r56 Django vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Djangoproject
Djangoproject django
Vendors & Products Djangoproject
Djangoproject django
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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.
Title Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in URLField via Unicode normalization on Windows
Weaknesses CWE-400
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
DSF
Published
Updated
Jul 15, 2026, 1:16 AM
Reserved
Feb 4, 2026, 6:27 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 3, 2026, 3:16 PM
Modified
Jul 15, 2026, 2:18 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Mar 3, 2026, 2:28 PM