CVE-2025-59682

LOW

Django < 4.2.25 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

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.

References (4)

[Vendor Advisory] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3

Scores

CVSS v3 3.1

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 6.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-23

Status published

Products (2)

djangoproject/django 4.2.0 - 4.2.25

pypi/django 4.2 - 4.2.25PyPI

Published Oct 01, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026