Relative Path Traversal Affecting django package, versions [4.2,4.2.25)[5.1,5.1.13)[5.2,5.2.7)
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- published2 Oct 2025
- disclosed1 Oct 2025
- creditstackered
Introduced: 1 Oct 2025
NewCVE-2025-59682 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade django to version 4.2.25, 5.1.13, 5.2.7 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal via the django.utils.archive.extract() function used by startapp --template and startproject --template. An attacker can modify files outside the intended extraction directory by crafting an archive with file paths that share a common prefix with the target directory.