5.3

CVE-2021-3281: djangoproject django

Modified
AliasesSUSE-RU-2021:0497-1GHSA-fvgf-6h6h-3322BIT-django-2021-3281
Published 02-02-2021Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-3281 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 7.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 2
DLA-3164-1RHSA-2021:0781RHSA-2021:3490RHSA-2021:5070SUSE-RU-2021:0351-1SUSE-SU-2021:1963-1

Timeline

  1. 02-02-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

7.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 7.61% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse29 products
  • ardana-db&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9< 9.0+git.1611600773.5f1de5f-3.22.1
  • ardana-horizon&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9< 9.0+git.1610491814.38661c2-3.16.1
  • ardana-logging&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9< 9.0+git.1610490922.d5f9813-3.16.1
  • ardana-monasca&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9< 9.0+git.1610547641.d79ecfd-3.22.1
  • ardana-opsconsole-ui&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9< 9.0+git.1611867924.eb82818-4.16.1
Alpine1 product
  • py3-django< 3.1.6-r0
Debian1 product
  • python-django< 1:1.10.7-2+deb9u10 | < 2:2.2.18-1
Djangoproject1 product
  • django≥ 2.2, < 2.2.18 | ≥ 3.0, < 3.0.12 | ≥ 3.1, < 3.1.6
Fedoraproject1 product
Netapp1 product
PyPI1 product
  • django≥ 2.2, < 2.2.18 | ≥ 3.0, < 3.0.12 | ≥ 3.1, < 3.1.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-django< 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.14 | < 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.10 | < 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.3 | < 1.6.11-0ubuntu1.3+esm2

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