CVE-2026-108147 PUBLISHED

Potential memory exhaustion in MultiPartParser via base64-encoded file upload

Assigner: DSF
Reserved: 09.10.2026 Published: 03.11.2026 Updated: 03.11.2026

An issue was discovered in Django 6.1 before 6.1.3, 6.0.4 before 6.0.10, and 5.2.13 before 5.2.19. django.http.multipartparser.MultiPartParser is subject to excessive memory consumption when processing multipart file uploads with base64 Content-Transfer-Encoding, which could be buffered entirely in memory before being passed to upload handlers. 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 Ignacy Kujawa for reporting this issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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 Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor djangoproject
Product Django
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 6.1 to 6.1.3 (excl.)
  • Version 6.1.3 is unaffected
  • unaffected from 6.0 to 6.0.4 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.0.4 to 6.0.10 (excl.)
  • Version 6.0.10 is unaffected
  • unaffected from 5.2 to 5.2.13 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.2.13 to 5.2.19 (excl.)
  • Version 5.2.19 is unaffected

Credits

  • Ignacy Kujawa reporter
  • Jake Howard analyst
  • Natalia Bidart analyst
  • Natalia Bidart remediation developer
  • Jake Howard remediation reviewer
  • Jacob Walls coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation