Bug 2418366 (CVE-2025-64460) - CVE-2025-64460 Django: Django: Algorithmic complexity in XML Deserializer leads to denial of service
Summary: CVE-2025-64460 Django: Django: Algorithmic complexity in XML Deserializer lea...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-64460
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-02 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-17 09:57 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-02 16:01:33 UTC
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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