UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-84429
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429
Upstream
Published
2026-10-06T14:17:00Z
Modified
2026-10-17T13:01:12Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.2, 6.0 before 6.0.9, and 5.2 before 5.2.18. django.utils.http.parse_header_parameters() was subject to a potential denial-of-service attack due to quadratic time complexity when parsing a value with many separators inside a quoted parameter. An unauthenticated request could reach this parsing through headers such as Accept or Content-Type, for instance via the content negotiation performed by HttpRequest.accepts(). The per-call length limit does not bound the combined size of repeated headers. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.1.x, 5.0.x, and 4.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Jisung Chae for reporting this issue.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:2.*
2:2.2.24-1ubuntu1
2:3.*
2:3.2.12-2
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.1
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.2
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.3
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.4
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.5
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.6
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.7
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.8
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.9
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.10
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.11
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.12
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.13
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.14
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.15
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.16
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.17
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.18
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.19
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.20
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.21
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.22
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.23
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.24
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.25
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.26
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.27
2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.29

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-django",
            "binary_version":  "2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.29"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3:4.*
3:4.2.4-1ubuntu2
3:4.2.8-1
3:4.2.9-1
3:4.2.11-1
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.1
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.2
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.3
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.4
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.5
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.6
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.7
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.8
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.9
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.10
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.11
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.12
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.13
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.14
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.15
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.16
3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.18

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-django",
            "binary_version":  "3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.18"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3:5.*
3:5.2.4-1ubuntu2
3:5.2.4-1ubuntu3
3:5.2.9-0ubuntu1
3:5.2.9-0ubuntu2
3:5.2.9-0ubuntu3
3:5.2.9-0ubuntu4
3:5.2.9-0ubuntu4.1
3:5.2.9-0ubuntu4.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-django",
            "binary_version":  "3:5.2.9-0ubuntu4.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json"
Ubuntu:26.10
python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3:5.*
3:5.2.9-0ubuntu4
3:5.2.16-1
3:5.2.17-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-django",
            "binary_version":  "3:5.2.17-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.5.4-1ubuntu1
1.6-1
1.6.1-1
1.6.1-2
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.1
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.2
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.3
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.4
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.5
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.6
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.8
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.9
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.10
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.11
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.12
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.13
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.14
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.15
1.6.1-2ubuntu0.16
1.6.11-0ubuntu1
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.1
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.2
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm1
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm2
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm3
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm4
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm5
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm6
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm7
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm8
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm9
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm10
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm11
1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm12

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-django",
            "binary_version":  "1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm12"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.9-1ubuntu5
1.8.5-2ubuntu1
1.8.7-1ubuntu1
1.8.7-1ubuntu2
1.8.7-1ubuntu3
1.8.7-1ubuntu4
1.8.7-1ubuntu5
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.1
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.2
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.4
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.5
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.6
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.7
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.8
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.9
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.10
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.11
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.12
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.13
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.14
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm1
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm3
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm4
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm5
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm6
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm7
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm8
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm9
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm10
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm11
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm12
1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm13

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-django",
            "binary_version":  "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-django-common",
            "binary_version":  "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm13"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-django",
            "binary_version":  "1.8.7-1ubuntu5.15+esm13"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fbionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.11.4-1ubuntu1
1:1.11.6-1ubuntu1
1:1.11.9-1ubuntu1
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.1
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.2
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.3
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.4
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.5
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.6
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.7
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.8
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.9
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.10
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.11
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.12
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.13
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.14
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.15
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.16
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.17
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.18
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.19
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.20
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm1
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm2
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm3
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm4
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm5
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm6
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm7
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm8
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm9
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm10
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm11
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm12
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm13
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm14
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm15
1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm17

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-django",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm17"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python-django-common",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm17"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-django",
            "binary_version":  "1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm17"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
python-django

Package

Name
python-django
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-django?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Ffocal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1
2:2.*
2:2.2.6-1ubuntu1
2:2.2.9-2ubuntu1
2:2.2.10-1
2:2.2.10-1ubuntu1
2:2.2.11-1
2:2.2.12-1
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.1
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.2
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.3
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.4
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.5
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.6
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.7
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.8
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.9
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.10
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.11
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.12
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.13
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.14
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.15
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.16
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.17
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.18
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.19
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.20
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.21
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.22
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.23
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.24
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.25
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.26
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.27
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.28
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm1
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm2
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm3
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm4
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm5
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm6
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm7
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm8
2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm10

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "python3-django",
            "binary_version":  "2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm10"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84429.json"