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CVE-2021-3281

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-02-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

• Django: from 2.2 before 2.2.18; from 3.0 before 3.0.12; from 3.1 before 3.1.6 — fixed in 2.2.18, 3.0.12, 3.1.6
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 33
• NetApp SnapCenter: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 2.2.18, 3.0.12, 3.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0004/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/01/security-releases/
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0004/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/01/security-releases/

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