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Django REST framework: Potential bypass of Django `DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` when parsing oversized JSON and urlencoded request bodies via DRF `request.data`
Django REST framework: Potential bypass of Django `DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` when parsing oversized JSON and urlencoded request bodies via DRF `request.data`
Affected packages
- djangorestframework— before 3.17.2
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://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8g-3cmr-wg3w
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73228
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/10013
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/2912dc98042f78e27636551fc22eeaf10f725fdd
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/82ef7b7e4e0a73ba5c489b465fae7e76d948da4e
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/releases/tag/3.17.2
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2m8g-3cmr-wg3w
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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