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python-django — security advisory
bin/compile-messages.py in Django 0.95 does not quote argument strings before invoking the msgfmt program through the os.system function, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) .po or (2) .mo file.
- Products
- python-django
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.95.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-0404
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
bin/compile-messages.py in Django 0.95 does not quote argument strings before invoking the msgfmt program through the os.system function, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) .po or (2) .mo file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0404
python-django
Fixed versions: 0.95.1-1
python-django
Fixed versions: 0.95.1-1
python-django
Fixed versions: 0.95.1-1
Complete source record
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