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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2025-64460

Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in XML serializer text extraction

Description

An issue was discovered in 5.2 before 5.2.9, 5.1 before 5.1.15, and 4.2 before 4.2.27. Algorithmic complexity in `django.core.serializers.xml_serializer.getInnerText()` allows a remote attacker to cause a potential denial-of-service attack triggering CPU and memory exhaustion via specially crafted XML input processed by the XML `Deserializer`. 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

djangoproject Django

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.2 to < 5.2.9affected
  • 5.2.9unaffected
  • 5.1 to < 5.1.15affected
  • 5.1.15unaffected
  • 4.2 to < 4.2.27affected
  • 4.2.27unaffected

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