CVE-2025-59682: Djangoproject Django

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Djangoproject Django: from 4.2.0, before 4.2.25 (fixed in 4.2.25); from 5.1, before 5.1.13 (fixed in 5.1.13); from 5.2, before 5.2.7 (fixed in 5.2.7)

Published 2025-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.