CVE-2026-73228Django REST framework: Potential bypass of Django `DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` when parsing oversized JSON and urlencoded request bodies via DRF `request.data`
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Django REST framework is a toolkit for building Web APIs. Prior to 3.17.2, Django REST Framework's request.data parsing in rest_framework/request.py Request._parse() passes the underlying HttpRequest stream to JSONParser and FormParser for application/json and application/x-www-form-urlencoded bodies, bypassing Django's DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE protection and allowing oversized request bodies to consume additional memory and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 3.17.2.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Aug 13, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
encode django-rest-framework encode:django_rest_framework (from the name) | before 3.17.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8g-3cmr-wg3wx-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/10013x-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/2912dc98042f78e27636551fc22eeaf10f725fddx-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/commit/82ef7b7e4e0a73ba5c489b465fae7e76d948da4ex-refsource-misc
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