CVE-2021-3281
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.3 · Path traversal
5.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactLow
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)41%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/Patch
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/Patch
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/01/security-releases/Advisory
- 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/Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSYG67YY2CDOO/