#VU106924 Resource management error in Django - CVE-2025-27556
Published: April 3, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU106924
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27556
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Django
Django
Software vendor:
Django Software Foundation
Django Software Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources during NFKC normalization on Windows. A remote attacker can pass a very large number of Unicode characters to django.contrib.auth.views.LoginView(), django.contrib.auth.views.LogoutView(), or django.views.i18n.set_language() methods and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.