ASGI requests with a missing or understated `Content-Length` header can bypass the `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` limit, potentially loading large files into memory and causing service degradation.
As a reminder, Django expects a limit to be configured at the web server level rather than solely relying on `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE`.
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 Kyle Agronick for reporting this issue.
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USN-8232-1 | Django vulnerabilities |
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| Description | An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.5 and 5.2 before 5.2.14. ASGI requests with a missing or understated `Content-Length` header can bypass the `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` limit, potentially loading large files into memory and causing service degradation. As a reminder, Django expects a limit to be configured at the web server level rather than solely relying on `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE`. 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 Kyle Agronick for reporting this issue. | |
| Title | Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in ASGI requests via file upload limit bypass | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-130 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: DSF
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-06T15:25:38.926Z
Reserved: 2026-04-07T19:29:07.042Z
Link: CVE-2026-5766
Updated: 2026-05-05T17:03:24.651Z
Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2026-05-05T16:16:17.740
Modified: 2026-05-05T19:34:40.250
Link: CVE-2026-5766
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