Check Point Advisories

Django Denial of Service (CVE-2025-32873)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-15825
Date Published:	5 May 2026
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 05 May, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-32873
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Django from version 4.2.0 prior to version 4.2.21 Django from version 5.1 prior to version 5.1.9 Django version 5.2
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability exists in Django. Successful exploitation would result in a crash of the server process leading to denial of service.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Django Denial of Service (CVE-2025-32873) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Django Denial of Service (CVE-2025-32873)