CVE-2026-53878 Header injection possibility since DomainNameValidator accepted newlines in input

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.7 and 5.2 before 5.2.16. DomainNameValidator does not prohibit newlines in domain names unless used via a form field, since CharField strips newlines. If an application uses values with newlines in an HTTP response, header injection can occur. Djan...

CVE-2026-53878

CVE-2026-53878 affects Django 6.0 before 6.0.7 and 5.2 before 5.2.16. The issue lies in DomainNameValidator not prohibiting newlines in domain names, which can enable header injection if an application places such values in an HTTP response. Django itself remains unaffected because HttpResponse b...

EUVD-2026-42045

An issue was discovered in Django 6.0 before 6.0.7 and 5.2 before 5.2.16. DomainNameValidator does not prohibit newlines in domain names unless used via a form field, since CharField strips newlines. If an application uses values with newlines in an HTTP response, header injection can occur. Djan...