CVE-2026-5766

MEDIUM 5.3

Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in ASGI requests via file upload limit bypass

CVSS Score

5.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.5 and 5.2 before 5.2.14. ASGI requests with a missing or understated `Content-Length` header can bypass the `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` limit, potentially loading large files into memory and causing service degradation. As a reminder, Django expects a limit to be configured at the web server level rather than solely relying on `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE`. 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 Kyle Agronick for reporting this issue.

CWE	CWE-130
Vendor	djangoproject
Product	django
Published	May 5, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

djangoproject / Django

6.0 < 6.0.5 5.2 < 5.2.14

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

docs.djangoproject.com: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ groups.google.com: https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce djangoproject.com: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/may/05/security-releases/

Credits

🔍 Kyle Agronick Jacob Walls Sarah Boyce