CVE-2021-3281: Djangoproject Django

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 7.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Djangoproject Django: from 2.2, before 2.2.18 (fixed in 2.2.18); from 3.0, before 3.0.12 (fixed in 3.0.12); from 3.1, before 3.1.6 (fixed in 3.1.6)
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 33 only
• Netapp Snapcenter: affected versions not specified

Published 2021-02-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.