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Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-9xg7-gg9m-rmq9

Django Admin Media Handler Vulnerable to Directory Traversal

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Also known as CVE-2009-2659PYSEC-2009-3

Severity
  • CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected versions

django PyPI

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AffectedFixed in
0.96.0 to before 0.96.40.96.4Advisories →
1.0 to before 1.0.31.0.3Advisories →
Also listed as affected (2)

Description

The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected "static media files," which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

References

  • Codex
  • Claude Code
  • VS Code
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Cline
  • Windsurf
  • Google Anti-gravity
  • OpenCode
  • Pi
  • Gemini CLI
  • Hermes Agent
  • Zed
  • Junie
  • Qwen Code
  • Kiro
  • Kilo Code
  • Factory Droid

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