BIT-django-2025-59682

BIT-django-2025-59682 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

6.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Bitnami	django	4.2.0, 5.1.0, 5.2.0

Timeline

Oct 23, 2025 CVE Published
Nov 6, 2025 CVE Updated

References

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ url
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59682 url
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/ url
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3 url

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