CVE-2025-64458 — Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in Django
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Description
An issue was discovered in 5.1 before 5.1.14, 4.2 before 4.2.26, and 5.2 before 5.2.8.
NFKC normalization in Python is slow on Windows. As a consequence, `django.http.HttpResponseRedirect`, `django.http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect`, and the shortcut `django.shortcuts.redirect` were subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters.
Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
Django has a denial-of-service vulnerability in HttpResponseRedirect and HttpResponsePermanentRedirect on Windows↗2025-11-05
CVEList▶
Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in HttpResponseRedirect and HttpResponsePermanentRedirect on Windows↗2025-11-05
GHSA▶
Django has a denial-of-service vulnerability in HttpResponseRedirect and HttpResponsePermanentRedirect on Windows↗2025-11-05