# CVE-2026-5766: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in ASGI requests via file upload limit bypass

> Attackers can cause denial of service in Django ASGI applications by bypassing file upload memory limits via manipulated Content-Length headers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 May 2026
- **Updated:** 6 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BIT-django-2026-5766, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5766, ECHO-35cc-781b-4acf, GHSA-w26r-rmm8-9c29, MINI-fgm7-pq75-6c3m, PYSEC-2026-54

## What is CVE-2026-5766?

CVE-2026-5766 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, published on 5 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.5 and 5.2 before 5.2.14.
ASGI requests with a missing or understated `Content-Length` header can bypass the `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE` limit, potentially loading large files into memory and causing service degradation.
 
As a reminder, Django expects a limit to be configured at the web server level rather than solely relying on `FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE`.
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 Kyle Agronick for reporting this issue.

Weakness: CWE-130 (Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-5766?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including django and Django. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `django` | Bitnami | From 5.2.0 | 5.2.14, 6.0.5 |
| `django` | PyPI | From 5.2 | 5.2.14, 6.0.5 |
| `django` | PyPI | From 5.2 | 5.2.14 |
| `django` | PyPI | From 6.0 | 6.0.5 |
| `Django` | PyPI | From 5.2 | 5.2.14 |
| `Django` | PyPI | From 6.0 | 6.0.5 |

Products: Djangoproject Django.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-5766?

Upgrade django to a fixed version for your release line: 5.2.14 or 6.0.5.

## Is CVE-2026-5766 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-5766 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Djangoproject Django

- [CVE-2026-4277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4277/): Privilege abuse in GenericInlineModelAdmin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-53908](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53908/): Django SQL injection in HasKey(lhs, rhs) on Oracle (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-42005](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42005/): Django SQL injection vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-31047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31047/): Django bypasses validation when using one form field to upload multiple files (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-34265](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34265/): Django `Trunc()` and `Extract()` database functions vulnerable to SQL Injection (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-5766 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-5766 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, published on 5 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-5766 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- django (Bitnami): affected from 5.2.0; fixed in 5.2.14, 6.0.5
- django (PyPI): affected from 5.2; fixed in 5.2.14, 6.0.5
- django (PyPI): affected from 5.2; fixed in 5.2.14
- django (PyPI): affected from 6.0; fixed in 6.0.5
- Django (PyPI): affected from 5.2; fixed in 5.2.14
- Django (PyPI): affected from 6.0; fixed in 6.0.5

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5766/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5766/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5766
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5766
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5766

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5766/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.