CVE-2023-23969 (GCVE-0-2023-23969)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-27 14:17
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-27 14:17 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
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