CVE-2026-73228

Django REST framework is a toolkit for building Web APIs. Prior to 3.17.2, Django REST Framework's request.data parsing in rest_framework/request.py Request._parse() passes the underlying HttpRequest stream to JSONParser and FormParser for application/json and application/x-www-form-urlencoded bodies, bypassing Django's DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE protection and allowing oversized request bodies to consume additional memory and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 3.17.2.

Published 11 Aug 2026, 19:18 UTC Last modified 11 Aug 2026, 19:18 UTC

5.3

CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM base score CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack profile

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Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

Availability Low

Exploitability3.9

Impact1.4

Affected products

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Weakness classification

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CWECWE-400 CWECWE-770

Source references

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NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference security-advisories@github.com 02 Technical reference security-advisories@github.com 03 Technical reference security-advisories@github.com 04 Technical reference security-advisories@github.com