An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.7 and 5.2 before 5.2.16. `DomainNameValidator` does not prohibit newlines in domain names (unless used via a form field, since `CharField` strips newlines). If an application uses values with newlines in an HTTP response, header injection can occur. Django itself is unaffected because `HttpResponse` prohibits newlines in HTTP headers. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Bence Nagy for reporting this issue.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/07/security-releases/ Vendor Advisory, Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.3 · djangoprojectNVD modified 2026-10-25 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 3
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce Release Notes
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/07/security-releases/ Vendor Advisory, Patch