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Django: DomainNameValidator permits newline characters that may enable HTTP header injection
Django: DomainNameValidator permits newline characters that may enable HTTP header injection
Affected packages
- django— before 5.2.16
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
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- EPSS percentile
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EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53878
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/3a720d0d8bf2529253b98968f10ca73daf6d693c
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/a5de13f1491f1dbf2bb0ad9b91570524ebbc8acd
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d5d60ed0323cddaa0ce0237a26a3d49ac21ee05e
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2026-2092.yaml
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/07/security-releases
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8qcx-xf44-272x
Recommended response stack
Snyk — Scan your dependencies in CI and fix this vulnerability.→Socket — Detect malicious and compromised packages before they ship.→
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