CVE-2025-64460 (GCVE-0-2025-64460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-02 15:15 – Updated: 2025-12-02 21:54
VLAI
Title
Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in XML serializer text extraction
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-02 21:53 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
DSF CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 86/100 over 21 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
djangoproject Django Affected: 5.2 , < 5.2.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.2.9 (semver)
Affected: 5.1 , < 5.1.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.1.15 (semver)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.27 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.2.27 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-12-02 14:00
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