CVE-2025-64460 (GCVE-0-2025-64460)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-02 15:15
Modified
2025-12-02 21:54
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
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.
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Version: 5.1   ≤
Version: 4.2   ≤
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