High severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2025· Updated Nov 5, 2025
Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in HttpResponseRedirect and HttpResponsePermanentRedirect on Windows
CVE-2025-64458
Description
An issue was discovered in 5.1 before 5.1.14, 4.2 before 4.2.26, and 5.2 before 5.2.8. NFKC normalization in Python is slow on Windows. As a consequence, django.http.HttpResponseRedirect, django.http.HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, and the shortcut django.shortcuts.redirect were subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters. 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 Seokchan Yoon for reporting this issue.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
djangoPyPI | >= 5.2a1, < 5.2.8 | 5.2.8 |
djangoPyPI | >= 5.0a1, < 5.1.14 | 5.1.14 |
djangoPyPI | < 4.2.26 | 4.2.26 |
Affected products
5- osv-coords4 versions
< 0+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.26
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.2a1, < 5.2.8
- Range: 5.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/mitrevendor-advisory
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-qw25-v68c-qjf3ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64458ghsaADVISORY
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/nov/05/security-releases/mitrevendor-advisory
- docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/securityghsaWEB
- github.com/django/django/commit/3790593781d26168e7306b5b2f8ea0309de16242ghsaWEB
- github.com/django/django/commit/4f5d904b63751dea9ffc3b0e046404a7fa5881acghsaWEB
- github.com/django/django/commit/6e13348436fccf8f22982921d6a3a3e65c956a9fghsaWEB
- github.com/django/django/commit/770eea38d7a0e9ba9455140b5a9a9e33618226a7ghsaWEB
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2025-107.yamlghsaWEB
- groups.google.com/g/django-announceghsamailing-listWEB
- www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/nov/05/security-releasesghsaWEB
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