High severity · published Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2026-114138
Django REST framework: Accept header with many large quoted parameters burns ~19s of CPU per request in content negotiation
New
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Django REST framework is a toolkit for building Web APIs. Prior to 3.18.2, DefaultContentNegotiation.get_accept_list in rest_framework/negotiation.py accepts an unbounded number and aggregate size of Accept tokens, while select_renderer in that file repeatedly invokes _MediaType parsing from rest_framework/utils/mediatypes.py for each attacker-controlled token, every renderer, and forced 406 renegotiation. A remote unauthenticated client can send many distinct media types containing large quoted parameter values with numerous semicolons, causing Django's parameter parser and DRF's repeated parsing structure to consume disproportionate CPU. Requests to any reachable endpoint can pin synchronous workers for prolonged periods, and concurrent requests can make the service unavailable until the requests stop. This issue is fixed in version 3.18.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
django-rest-framework · encode
< 3.18.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114138
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-114138
github.com
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/148ab6523922d5a0c110f76615935e5220b63029
github.com
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/releases/tag/3.18.2
github.com
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-33wh-fxxf-88vv
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