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python-django — security advisory
The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected "static media files," which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.
- Products
- python-django
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-2659
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Admin media handler in core/servers/basehttp.py in Django 1.0 and 0.96 does not properly map URL requests to expected "static media files," which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2659
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.1-1
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.1-1
python-django
Fixed versions: 1.1-1
Complete source record
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