CVE-2021-3281

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2021-02-02

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Django (Djangoproject)
• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Snapcenter (Netapp)

References

• https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/releases/security/
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YF52FKEH5S2P5CM4X7IXSY…
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0004/
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/feb/01/security-releases/