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CVE-2021-3281

MEDPOCDjango
score
<0.1
cvss
5.3
epss
7.6%
published
2021-02-02
kev added
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first seen

Django 2.2 < 2.2.18, 3.0 < 3.0.12, and 3.1 < 3.1.6 contain a path traversal caused by the django.utils.archive.extract method used in startapp and startproject commands, letting attackers craft archives with absolute or dot-segment paths to access arbitrary directories, exploit requires attacker to supply malicious archive.

Timeline

How this CVE moved toward exploitation. Chart: last 30 days — trend score, EPSS, community mentions per day; hover the event lane.

events2021-02-02 — PublishedP2026-10-21 — Tracked by OnyxT2026-10-21 — Public PoCXscore2026-10-21: score <0.1<0.1epss2026-09-22: epss 7.6%2026-09-23: epss 7.6%2026-09-24: epss 7.6%2026-09-25: epss 7.6%2026-09-26: epss 7.6%2026-09-27: epss 7.6%2026-09-28: epss 7.6%2026-09-29: epss 7.6%2026-09-30: epss 7.6%2026-10-01: epss 7.6%2026-10-02: epss 7.6%2026-10-03: epss 7.6%2026-10-04: epss 7.6%2026-10-05: epss 7.6%2026-10-06: epss 7.6%2026-10-07: epss 7.6%2026-10-08: epss 7.6%2026-10-09: epss 7.6%2026-10-10: epss 7.6%2026-10-11: epss 7.6%2026-10-12: epss 7.6%2026-10-13: epss 7.6%2026-10-14: epss 7.6%2026-10-15: epss 7.6%2026-10-16: epss 7.6%2026-10-18: epss 7.6%2026-10-19: epss 7.6%2026-10-20: epss 7.6%2026-10-21: epss 7.6%7.6%mentions/day0no mentions in 30 days2026-09-22today
  1. Published
  2. Tracked by Onyx
  3. Public PoC

Exploit availability

Public PoC flagged by vulnx; no direct exploit link among the citations.

Weaknesses

CWE-22

References 5