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CVE-2021-35042: SQL Injection in Django

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 44.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Django 3.1.x before 3.1.13 and 3.2.x before 3.2.5 allows QuerySet.order_by SQL injection if order_by is untrusted input from a client of a web application.

Affected products

• Django: from 3.1 before 3.1.13; from 3.2 before 3.2.5 — fixed in 3.1.13, 3.2.5
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 34
• Pypi Django: from 3.1 before 3.1.13; from 3.2 before 3.2.5; 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.10, 3.1.11, 3.1.12, 3.1.2 (+12) — fixed in 3.1.13, 3.2.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 3.1.13, 3.2.5; Pypi Django 3.1.13, 3.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SS6NJTBYWOX6J7G4U3LUOILARJKWPQ5Y/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0008/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/jul/01/security-releases/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/02/2
• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SS6NJTBYWOX6J7G4U3LUOILARJKWPQ5Y/
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0008/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/jul/01/security-releases/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/02/2

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