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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00031.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

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cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4324-1 python-django security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-32049 Django vulnerable to partial directory traversal via archives
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q95w-c7qg-hrff Django vulnerable to partial directory traversal via archives
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7794-1 Django vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3 cve-icon
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59682 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59682 cve-icon
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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References

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Title django: Potential partial directory-traversal via archive.extract()
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Important

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Djangoproject
Djangoproject django
Vendors & Products Djangoproject
Djangoproject django

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000

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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.
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T21:13:56.342Z

Reserved: 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-59682

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T21:13:56.342Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-10-01T19:15:37.007

Modified: 2025-11-04T22:16:35.727

Link: CVE-2025-59682

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-59682 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T08:45:49Z