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CVE-2025-59682

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-01 · updated 2026-10-12
• Weakness: CWE-23

Description

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.

Affected products

• Django: from 4.2.0 before 4.2.25; from 5.1 before 5.1.13; from 5.2 before 5.2.7 — fixed in 4.2.25, 5.1.13, 5.2.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Django 4.2.25, 5.1.13, 5.2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3

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