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CVE-2023-23969

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2023-02-01 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In Django 3.2 before 3.2.17, 4.0 before 4.0.9, and 4.1 before 4.1.6, the parsed values of Accept-Language headers are cached in order to avoid repetitive parsing. This leads to a potential denial-of-service vector via excessive memory usage if the raw value of Accept-Language headers is very large.

Affected Platforms

Djangoproject DjangoDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-770, CWE-770

References