{"id":"CVE-2026-77050","title":"An issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18.\n`django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant()` is subject to\r\na potential denial-of-service attack when processing many distinct, v…","summary":"An issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18.\n`django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant()` is subject to\r\na potential denial-of-service attack when processing many distinct, v…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-789"],"vendor":"djangoproject","product":"django","affected":["django >= 6.1 < 6.1.2","django >= 6.0 < 6.0.9","django >= 5.2 < 5.2.18"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T15:17:19.377","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77050","references":[{"url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/","label":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"},{"url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/02a69e3791e3df23d45ea4ea7e7fc489f0eef2be","label":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"},{"url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/3d32ee80ae52745d686bf94d3555000ddf073267","label":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"},{"url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/7e878b0f8bd42260903e6a0d38996a93b0474a0b","label":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"},{"url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/c88b304cc2d90fc37d3bd1f5f3829706fa6c13bc","label":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce","label":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"},{"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/oct/06/security-releases/","label":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-06T14:20:18.760413Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T14:00:19.150Z","slug":"CVE-2026-77050","body":"## Overview\n\nAn issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18.\n`django.utils.translation.get_supported_language_variant()` is subject to\r\na potential denial-of-service attack when processing many distinct, very long\r\nlanguage codes, which are retained as keys in an in-memory cache and\r\nconsume process memory.\nEarlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.1.x, 5.0.x, and 4.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.\nDjango would like to thank Gleb Lizunov for reporting this issue.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}