PYSEC-2026-1296

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-07 16:03 - Updated: 2026-07-07 17:24
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and 5.2 before 5.2.7. The django.utils.archive.extract() function, used by the "startapp --template" and "startproject --template" commands, allows partial directory traversal via an archive with file paths sharing a common prefix with the target directory.

Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Impacted products
Name purl
django pkg:pypi/django
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "django",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/django"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.25"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "5.1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.1.13"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "5.2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.2.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.2",
        "4.2.1",
        "4.2.10",
        "4.2.11",
        "4.2.12",
        "4.2.13",
        "4.2.14",
        "4.2.15",
        "4.2.16",
        "4.2.17",
        "4.2.18",
        "4.2.19",
        "4.2.2",
        "4.2.20",
        "4.2.21",
        "4.2.22",
        "4.2.23",
        "4.2.24",
        "4.2.3",
        "4.2.4",
        "4.2.5",
        "4.2.6",
        "4.2.7",
        "4.2.8",
        "4.2.9",
        "5.1",
        "5.1.1",
        "5.1.10",
        "5.1.11",
        "5.1.12",
        "5.1.2",
        "5.1.3",
        "5.1.4",
        "5.1.5",
        "5.1.6",
        "5.1.7",
        "5.1.8",
        "5.1.9",
        "5.2",
        "5.2.1",
        "5.2.2",
        "5.2.3",
        "5.2.4",
        "5.2.5",
        "5.2.6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-59682",
    "GHSA-q95w-c7qg-hrff"
  ],
  "details": "An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and 5.2 before 5.2.7. The django.utils.archive.extract() function, used by the \"startapp --template\" and \"startproject --template\" commands, allows partial directory traversal via an archive with file paths sharing a common prefix with the target directory.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-1296",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T17:24:01.323243Z",
  "published": "2026-07-07T16:03:06.157235Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59682"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/commit/43d84aef04a9e71164c21a74885996981857e66e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django/commit/924a0c092e65fa2d0953fd1855d2dc8786d94de2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/django/django"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/django"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q95w-c7qg-hrff"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Django vulnerable to partial directory traversal via archives"
}


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