CVE-2026-5766
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | — |
| sid | Fixed | 3:5.2.14-1 |
| forky | Affected | — |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | {"startIncluding":"5.2","endExcluding":"5.2.14"} | 5.2.14 |
References
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/may/05/security-releases/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5766
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/may/05/security-releases
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5766.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-5766
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w26r-rmm8-9c29
CWEs
CWE-130
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.