Medium

Django has a potential denial-of-service vulnerability in IPv6 validation

  • Disclosed: 14.01.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 15:17

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.5, 5.0 before 5.0.11, and 4.2 before 4.2.18. Lack of upper-bound limit enforcement in strings passed when performing IPv6 validation could lead to a potential denial-of-service attack. The undocumented and private functions clean_ipv6_address and is_valid_ipv6_address are vulnerable, as is the django.forms.GenericIPAddressField form field. (The django.db.models.GenericIPAddressField model field is not affected.)

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) django >= 5.1, < 5.1.5, >= 5.0, < 5.0.11, >= 4.2, < 4.2.18, >= 5.1, < 5.1.5, >= 5.0, < 5.0.11, >= 4.2, < 4.2.18 5.1.5, 5.0.11, 4.2.18

References

CVSS score 5.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-770
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
django
Disclosed
14.01.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 15:17

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2025-1 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-qcgg-j2x8-h9g8 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: django

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (162) in the archive
Total entries
162
First → latest
10.2007 08.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 16
  • High 65
  • Medium 63
  • Low 18

Disclosures per year

  1. 2017: 3
  2. 2018: 5
  3. 2019: 11
  4. 2020: 6
  5. 2021: 8
  6. 2022: 14
  7. 2023: 7
  8. 2024: 14
  9. 2025: 12
  10. 2026: 26

earlier: 56

Severity:
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-15307 < 5.2.17, >= 6.0a1, < 6.0.8 5.2.17, 6.0.8
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-3902 >= 6.0, < 6.0.4, >= 5.2, < 5.2.13, >= 4.2, < 4.2.30 6.0.4, 5.2.13, 4.2.30
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-33034 >= 6.0, < 6.0.4, >= 5.2, < 5.2.13, >= 4.2, < 4.2.30 6.0.4, 5.2.13, 4.2.30
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-25673 >= 6.0, < 6.0.3, >= 5.2, < 5.2.12, >= 4.2, < 4.2.29 6.0.3, 5.2.12, 4.2.29
  5. High CVE-2026-1287 >= 6.0a1, < 6.0.2, >= 5.2a1, < 5.2.11, >= 4.2a1, < 4.2.28 6.0.2, 5.2.11, 4.2.28
  6. High CVE-2026-1207 >= 6.0a1, < 6.0.2, >= 5.2a1, < 5.2.11, >= 4.2a1, < 4.2.28 6.0.2, 5.2.11, 4.2.28
  7. Critical · 9.1 CVE-2025-64459 >= 4.2, < 4.2.26, >= 5.1, < 5.1.14, >= 5.2, < 5.2.8 4.2.26, 5.1.14, 5.2.8
  8. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-64458 >= 5.2a1, < 5.2.8, >= 5.0a1, < 5.1.14, < 4.2.26 5.2.8, 5.1.14, 4.2.26
  9. High · 7.1 CVE-2025-59681 >= 4.2, < 4.2.25, >= 5.1, < 5.1.13, >= 5.2, < 5.2.7 4.2.25, 5.1.13, 5.2.7
  10. High · 7.1 CVE-2025-57833 < 4.2.24, >= 5.0a1, < 5.1.12, >= 5.2a1, < 5.2.6 4.2.24, 5.1.12, 5.2.6
  11. Django has a potential denial-of-service vulnerability in IPv6 validation this entry
    Medium · 5.8 CVE-2024-56374 >= 5.1, < 5.1.5, >= 5.0, < 5.0.11, >= 4.2, < 4.2.18, >= 5.1, < 5.1.5, >= 5.0, < 5.0.11, >= 4.2, < 4.2.18 5.1.5, 5.0.11, 4.2.18
  12. High · 9.8 CVE-2024-53908 >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.10, >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.4, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.17, >= 5.1, < 5.1.4, >= 5.0, < 5.0.10, >= 4.2, < 4.2.17 5.0.10, 5.1.4, 4.2.17
  13. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-39614 >= 5.0, < 5.0.7, >= 4.2, < 4.2.14 5.0.7, 4.2.14
  14. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-39330 >= 5.0, < 5.0.7, >= 4.2, < 4.2.14 5.0.7, 4.2.14
  15. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-38875 >= 4.2, < 4.2.14, >= 5.0, < 5.0.7 4.2.14, 5.0.7
  16. High · 5.9 CVE-2024-24680 >= 3.2, < 3.2.24, >= 4.2, < 4.2.10, >= 5.0, < 5.0.2 3.2.24, 4.2.10, 5.0.2
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