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CVE-2025-64460: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in XML serializer text extraction

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-02 · updated 2026-10-18
• Weakness: CWE-407

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.

Affected products

• Django: from 4.2 before 4.2.27; from 5.1 before 5.1.15; from 5.2 before 5.2.9 — fixed in 4.2.27, 5.1.15, 5.2.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 4.2.27, 5.1.15, 5.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/dec/02/security-releases/

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