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Ubuntu 25.10 Django Critical Denial Of Service Issues USN-8154-1

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Calendar Grey April 7, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security issues in Django may lead to denial of service and require urgent system updates across Ubuntu versions.
Several security issues were fixed in Django.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Django.

Software Description:

- python-django: High-level Python web development framework

Details:

Seokchan Yoon discovered that Django incorrectly handled copying memory

when parsing multipart uploads with excessive whitespace. A remote attacker

could possibly use this issue to cause Django to use excessive resources,

leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-33033)

It was discovered that Django did not enforce an upload memory size limit

in the Content-Length header. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause Django to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of

service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10.

(CVE-2026-33034)

Tarek Nakkouch discovered that Django incorrectly handled underscores in

the ASGI headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof

HTTP headers. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS,

and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-3902)

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  python3-django                  3:5.2.4-1ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  python3-django                  3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.15

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  python3-django                  2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.26

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  python3-django                  2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm8
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  python-django                   1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm15
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-django                  1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.21+esm15
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8154-1

CVE-2026-33033, CVE-2026-33034, CVE-2026-3902, CVE-2026-4277,

CVE-2026-4292

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