Directory Traversal Affecting python-django package, versions <2:2.2.18-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.61% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PYTHONDJANGO-18533314
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • 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 Echo:latest python-django to version 2:2.2.18-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-django package and not the python-django package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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