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Django 5.1.8 release notes
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*April 2, 2025*

Django 5.1.8 fixes a security issue with severity "moderate" and several bugs
in 5.1.7.

CVE-2025-27556: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in ``LoginView``, ``LogoutView``, and ``set_language()`` on Windows
=============================================================================================================================

Python's :func:`NFKC normalization <python:unicodedata.normalize>` is slow on
Windows. As a consequence, :class:`~django.contrib.auth.views.LoginView`,
:class:`~django.contrib.auth.views.LogoutView`, and
:func:`~django.views.i18n.set_language` were subject to a potential
denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode
characters.

Bugfixes
========

* Fixed a regression in Django 5.1.7 where the removal of the ``single_object``
  parameter unintentionally altered the signature and return type of
  ``LogEntryManager.log_actions()`` (:ticket:`36234`).