Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2026 · Assigned by DSF
CVE-2026-15337Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in check_for_language()
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Django from djangoproject. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. `django.utils.translation.check_for_language()` is subject to a potential denial-of-service attack when given many distinct, very long language codes, which are retained as keys in an in-memory cache and consume process memory. Such codes reach the function through the `django.views.i18n.set_language()` view, which is not routed by default. The consumed memory is bounded, since request data is limited by the `DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` setting (default 2.5 MB) and the cache holds a fixed maximum number of entries. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.1.x, 5.0.x, and 4.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Jaeyoung Jang for reporting this issue.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.24 | py3-django | 5.2.17-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-15337 |
| Debian:12 | python-django | 3:3.2.25-0+deb12u4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-15337 |
| Debian:13 | python-django | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-15337 |
| Debian:14 | python-django | 3:5.2.17-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-15337 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | python-django | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-15337 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | python-django | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-15337 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | python-django | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-15337 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | python-django | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-15337 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | Django | 6.0 – before 6.0.85.2 – before 5.2.17 |
Weakness: CWE-789 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- Django security archive vendor-advisory
- Django releases announcements mailing-list
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/27137e655e442e81095f1f8f77ff3870d9fdf169 patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b3523d29be25948e1dd90b3863a002f00fc865f patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/224dbc832586ad5cfb0237c2ff30d14baeaddc6f patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/c72a5dbb64d0777f3f471f1be94e8b2ca91e0959 patch
- Django security releases issued: 6.0.8 and 5.2.17 vendor-advisory