CVE-2025-64460
Description
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.
CWE
- CWE-407 — CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Affected
- djangoproject / Django — v=5.2 <5.2.9 [affected]; v=5.2.9 [unaffected]; v=5.1 <5.1.15 [affected]; v=5.1.15 [unaffected]; v=4.2 <4.2.27 [affected]; v=4.2.27 [unaffected]
CVSS
- (none)
References
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ vendor-advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce mailing-list
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/dec/02/security-releases/ vendor-advisory
Source
cvelistV5-main/cves/2025/64xxx/CVE-2025-64460.json