Directory Traversal Affecting py3-django package, versions <3.1.6-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.61% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-PY3DJANGO-8488655
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed2 Feb 2021

Introduced: 2 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-3281  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 py3-django to version 3.1.6-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream py3-django package and not the py3-django package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Django 2.2 before 2.2.18, 3.0 before 3.0.12, and 3.1 before 3.1.6, the django.utils.archive.extract method (used by "startapp --template" and "startproject --template") allows directory traversal via an archive with absolute paths or relative paths with dot segments.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1