Django vulnerable to partial directory traversal via archives

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__ CVE-2025-59682 Detail

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Description

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.

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**CVSS Version 4.0

**CVSS Version 3.x

**CVSS Version 2.0

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

** ** N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N _

CNA: MITRE

Base Score: 3.1 LOW

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N _

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided. _

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3

CVE

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/

MITRE

Vendor Advisory

https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce

MITRE

Release Notes

Vendor Advisory

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/

MITRE

Release Notes

Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

CWE-23

Relative Path Traversal

MITRE  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

** CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 6/17/2026 5:46:30 AM **

Action Type Old Value New Value

Added SSVC

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** CVE Modified by MITRE 6/17/2026 5:46:30 AM **

Action Type Old Value New Value

Added Affected

[{"vendor":"djangoproject","product":"Django","defaultStatus":"unknown","versions":[{"version":"4.2","lessThan":"4.2.25","versionType":"custom","status":"affected"},{"version":"5.1","lessThan":"5.1.13","versionType":"custom","status":"affected"},{"version":"5.2","lessThan":"5.2.7","versionType":"custom","status":"affected"}]}]

** CVE Modified by CVE 11/04/2025 5:16:35 PM **

Action Type Old Value New Value

Added Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3

** Initial Analysis by NIST 10/22/2025 11:58:29 AM **

Action Type Old Value New Value

Added CVSS V3.1

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Added CPE Configuration

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          *cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.2.0 up to (excluding) 4.2.25
          *cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.1 up to (excluding) 5.1.13
          *cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.2 up to (excluding) 5.2.7

Added Reference Type

MITRE: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ Types: Vendor Advisory

Added Reference Type

MITRE: https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce Types: Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Added Reference Type

MITRE: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/ Types: Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

** New CVE Received from MITRE 10/01/2025 3:15:37 PM **

Action Type Old Value New Value

Added Description

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.

Added CVSS V3.1

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Added CWE

CWE-23

Added Reference

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/

Added Reference

https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce

Added Reference

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2025-59682 NVD Published Date: 10/01/2025 NVD Last Modified: 06/17/2026 ** Source:** MITRE

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