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CVE-2026-114136high7.5

Django REST framework: JSONParser applies an attacker-named codec to the request stream

Impact

Django REST framework versions 3.6.4 to 3.18.2 have a weakness where an unauthenticated client can cause a small JSON request to consume substantial memory. The JSONParser uses a client-supplied codec, allowing compressed data to be expanded. This affects any endpoint that accepts a JSON body.

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django-rest-framework

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>= 3.6.4, < 3.18.2

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unknown

Other versions: unknown

Original source description

Django REST framework is a toolkit for building Web APIs. From 3.6.4 until 3.18.2, JSONParser.parse in rest_framework/parsers.py uses the client-supplied Content-Type charset value with codecs.getreader, which accepts byte-transform codecs such as bz2_codec rather than only text encodings. A remote unauthenticated client can therefore cause a compressed JSON request body to be expanded after Django has enforced DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE against only the wire bytes, allowing a very small request to consume substantial per-worker memory. The default parser set is sufficient, and any reachable endpoint that accepts a JSON body is affected. This issue is fixed in version 3.18.2.

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CVE-2026-114136

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-409 ↗

CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

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CWE-770 ↗

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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2026-10-21
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Additional data publisher

2026-10-30

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