Is CVE-2026-73228 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-73228?

CVE-2026-73228 has a CVSS v3 severity of MEDIUM (5.3).

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CVE-2026-73228

Description

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.