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CVE-2021-3281

5.3 MEDIUM

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 --templa...

Published: 2021-02-02 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
CWE-22

Affected products

VendorProduct
djangoprojectdjango, fedora, snapcenter
fedoraprojectdjango, fedora, snapcenter
netappdjango, fedora, snapcenter

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.

Source: NVD

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