Description
An issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18.
`django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant()` is subject to
a potential denial-of-service attack when processing many distinct, very long
language codes, which are retained as keys in an in-memory cache and
consume process memory.
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 Gleb Lizunov for reporting this issue.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Description An issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18. `django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant()` is subject to a potential denial-of-service attack when processing many distinct, very long language codes, which are retained as keys in an in-memory cache and consume process memory. 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 Gleb Lizunov for reporting this issue.
Title Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in get_supported_language_variant()
Weaknesses CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: DSF

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T14:21:29.655Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T09:29:37.560Z

Link: CVE-2026-77050

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-06T14:17:46.017

Modified: 2026-10-06T14:17:46.160

Link: CVE-2026-77050

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-789

    Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value