File writes via prefix-based archive path check
Published Oct 1, 2025 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Partial directory traversal in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and 5.2 before 5.2.7 allows attackers to write files. The archive target_filename check compares absolute paths with startswith(), so a sibling path whose name begins with the target directory passes containment validation. Exploitation requires a crafted archive to reach archive.extract(), including through the startapp or startproject template commands, and permits writes outside the selected directory.
Summary
What happened
Partial directory traversal in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and 5.2 before 5.2.7 allows attackers to write files. The archive target_filename check compares absolute paths with startswith(), so a sibling path whose name begins with the target directory passes containment validation. Exploitation requires a crafted archive to reach archive.extract(), including through the startapp or startproject template commands, and permits writes outside the selected directory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-59682
- Published
- Oct 1, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Django Software Foundation
- Product
- Django
- Classifications
- CWE-23
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 1, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.2 <4.2.25
- Affected versionversion=5.1 <5.1.13
- Affected versionversion=5.2 <5.2.7
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