Medium severity · published Aug 4, 2026
CVE-2026-15337
Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in check_for_language()
5.3
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
Django · djangoproject
6.0 before 6.0.8; 5.2 before 5.2.17 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15337
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15337
Patch
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/224dbc832586ad5cfb0237c2ff30d14baeaddc6f
Patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/27137e655e442e81095f1f8f77ff3870d9fdf169
Patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b3523d29be25948e1dd90b3863a002f00fc865f
Patch
https://github.com/django/django/commit/c72a5dbb64d0777f3f471f1be94e8b2ca91e0959
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
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