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Django News - Django Security Fixes, Python Releases, and New Tools - Mar 6th 2026

March 6, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Django security releases issued: 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29 Django 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29 were released to fix two security issues: URLField DoS on Windows and file permission race conditions. djangoproject.com Releases Python 3.12.13, 3.11.15 and 3.10.20 are now available! Python 3.12.13, 3.11.15, and 3.10.20 fix security and denial-of-service vulnerabilities in email, HTTP cookies, WSGI headers, XML parsing, and SSL. …

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Django Security Fixes, Python Releases, and New Tools

March 6, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Django security releases issued: 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29 Django 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29 were released to fix two security issues: URLField DoS on Windows and file permission race conditions. Releases Python 3.12.13, 3.11.15 and 3.10.20 are now available! Python 3.12.13, 3.11.15, and 3.10.20 fix security and denial-of-service vulnerabilities in email, HTTP cookies, WSGI headers, XML parsing, and SSL. Python Software Foundation PEP 827 – Type Manipulation PEP 827 proposes extensive type-…

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Django security releases issued: 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29

March 3, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 6.0.3, Django 5.2.12, and Django 4.2.29. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2026-25673: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in URLField via Unicode normalization on Windows The django.forms.URLField form field's to_python() method used urllib.parse.urlsplit() to determine whether to prepend a URL scheme…

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Lunch Talk Series: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful… Django Unit Tests

March 2, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A review of Colleen Dunlap's DjangoCon US talk on introducing unit testing and how to write tests with Django.

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Django News - Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django - Feb 27th 2026

Feb. 27, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django All the information you need to apply for Django's 21st consecutive year in the program. djangoproject.com Django Software Foundation DSF member of the month - Baptiste Mispelon Baptiste is a long-time Django and Python contributor who co-created the Django Under the Hood conference series and serves on the Ops team maintaining its infrastructure. He has been a DSF member since November 201…

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Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django

Feb. 27, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django All the information you need to apply for Django's 21st consecutive year in the program. Django Software Foundation DSF member of the month - Baptiste Mispelon Baptiste is a long-time Django and Python contributor who co-created the Django Under the Hood conference series and serves on the Ops team maintaining its infrastructure. He has been a DSF member since November 2014. You can learn more about Baptiste by visiting Baptiste's website and his GitH…

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Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django

Feb. 24, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

When we learned that the Django Software Foundation has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2026, it marked another steady milestone in a long-standing relationship. Django first participated in GSoC in 2006, and 2026 represents our 21st consecutive year in the program. Over two decades, GSoC has become a consistent pathway for contributors to engage more deeply with Django — not just through a summer project, but often through continued involvement that extends…

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DSF member of the month - Baptiste Mispelon

Feb. 21, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]

For February 2026, we welcome Baptiste Mispelon as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Photo by Bartek Pawlik - bartpawlik.format.com Baptiste is a long-time Django and Python contributor who co-created the Django Under the Hood conference series and serves on the Ops team maintaining its infrastructure. He has been a DSF member since November 2014. You can learn more about Baptiste by visiting Baptiste's website and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Baptiste better! Can you…

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Django News - Contributor Covenant, Security Team Expansion, and Django 6.1 Updates - Feb 20th 2026

Feb. 20, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]

Introduction 📣 Sponsor Django News Reach 4,305 engaged Django developers with a single weekly placement. High open rates. Real clicks. Only two sponsor spots per issue. 👉 Book your spot django-news.com Django Software Foundation Plan to Adopt Contributor Covenant 3 as Django’s New Code of Conduct Django establishes a transparent community-driven process and advances the adoption of Contributor Covenant 3 as its Code of Conduct with …

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Contributor Covenant, Security Team Expansion, and Django 6.1 Updates

Feb. 20, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]

Introduction 📣 Sponsor Django News Reach 4,305 engaged Django developers with a single weekly placement. High open rates. Real clicks. Only two sponsor spots per issue. 👉 Book your spot Django Software Foundation Plan to Adopt Contributor Covenant 3 as Django’s New Code of Conduct Django establishes a transparent community-driven process and advances the adoption of Contributor Covenant 3 as its Code of Conduct with staged policy updates. Python Software Foundation Join the Python Security Res…

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