{"id":"CVE-2025-64460","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-64460","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:25:21.137Z","title":"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…","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.\nAlgorithmic 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`.\nEarlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.\nDjango would like to thank Seokchan Yoon for reporting this issue.","published":"2025-12-02T16:15:56.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-18T18:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-407"],"affected":["djangoproject/django"],"epss":{"score":0.02085,"percentile":0.81439,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce","tags":["Mailing List","Release Notes"],"source":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"},{"url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/dec/02/security-releases/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"6a34fbeb-21d4-45e7-8e0a-62b95bc12c92"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64460","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}