CVE-2025-59682 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2025-59682

An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

djangoproject

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Affected Software

Django
Vulnerable Versions:
4.2, 5.1, 5.2

Timeline

Official Publish: October 1st, 2025
Last Modified: November 4th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)