Oct. 1, 2025

Django security releases issued: 5.2.7, 5.1.13, and 4.2.25

published by	Jacob Walls
in blog	The Django weblog
original entry	Django security releases issued: 5.2.7, 5.1.13, and 4.2.25

In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 5.2.7, Django 5.1.13, and Django 4.2.25. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible.

CVE-2025-59681: Potential SQL injection in `QuerySet.annotate()`, `alias()`, `aggregate()`, and `extra()` on MySQL and MariaDB

QuerySet.annotate(), QuerySet.alias(), QuerySet.aggregate(), and QuerySet.extra() methods were subject to SQL injection in column aliases, using a suitably crafted dictionary, with dictionary expansion, as the **kwargs passed to these methods on MySQL and MariaDB.

Thanks to sw0rd1ight for the report.

This issue has severity "high" according to the Django security policy.

CVE-2025-59682: Potential partial directory-traversal via `archive.extract()`

The django.utils.archive.extract() function, used by startapp --template and startproject --template, allowed partial directory-traversal via an archive with file paths sharing a common prefix with the target directory.

Thanks to stackered for the report.

This issue has severity "low" according to the Django security policy.

Affected supported versions

Django main
Django 6.0 (currently at alpha status)
Django 5.2
Django 5.1
Django 4.2

Resolution

Patches to resolve the issue have been applied to Django's main, 6.0 (currently at alpha status), 5.2, 5.1, and 4.2 branches. The patches may be obtained from the following changesets.

CVE-2025-59681: Potential SQL injection in QuerySet.annotate(), alias(), aggregate(), and extra() on MySQL and MariaDB

On the main branch
On the 6.0 branch
On the 5.2 branch
On the 5.1 branch
On the 4.2 branch

CVE-2025-59682: Potential partial directory-traversal via archive.extract()

On the main branch
On the 6.0 branch
On the 5.2 branch
On the 5.1 branch
On the 4.2 branch

The following releases have been issued

Django 5.2.7 (download Django 5.2.7 | 5.2.7 checksums)
Django 5.1.13 (download Django 5.1.13 | 5.1.13 checksums)
Django 4.2.25 (download Django 4.2.25 | 4.2.25 checksums)

The PGP key ID used for this release is Jacob Walls: 131403F4D16D8DC7

General notes regarding security reporting

As always, we ask that potential security issues be reported via private email to security@djangoproject.com, and not via Django's Trac instance, nor via the Django Forum. Please see our security policies for further information.