CVE-2026-5766CWE-130

Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in ASGI requests via file upload limit bypass

Medium · published May 5, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00516 · 43.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-130 · Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
Published
2026-05-05T14:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 MAY 14:49Z
    Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in ASGI requests via file upload limit bypass
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