Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.154287
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Django 5.0.x < 5.0.14, 5.1.x < 5.1.8 DoS Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:	Django is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Django is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: Python's NFKC normalization is slow on Windows. As a consequence, django.contrib.auth.views.LoginView, django.contrib.auth.views.LogoutView, and django.views.i18n.set_language are subject to a potential denial of service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of unicode characters. Affected Software/OS: Django version 5.0.x prior to 5.0.14 and 5.1.x prior to 5.1.8 on Windows. Solution: Update to version 5.0.14, 5.1.8 or later. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2025-27556
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