Vulnerability advisory

PYSEC-2026-1296

Django vulnerable to partial directory traversal via archives

Published Jul 7, 2026Updated Jul 7, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as BIT-django-2025-59682CVE-2025-59682GHSA-q95w-c7qg-hrff

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected versions

django PyPI

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Affected	Fixed in
`4.2` to before 4.2.25	`4.2.25`Advisories →
`5.1` to before 5.1.13	`5.1.13`Advisories →
`5.2` to before 5.2.7	`5.2.7`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (45) `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`

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.

PYSEC-2026-1296

Affected versions

django PyPI

Description

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