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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-45452

Storage.save in Django 2.2 before 2.2.26, 3.2 before 3.2.11, and 4.0 before 4.0.1 allows directory traversal if crafted filenames are directly passed to it.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-45452

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jan 2022, 00:15 UTC

Storage.save in Django 2.2 before 2.2.26, 3.2 before 3.2.11, and 4.0 before 4.0.1 allows directory traversal if crafted filenames are directly passed to it.

osv:CVE-2021-45452
Complete source record
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      "references": [
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        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220121-0005/",
        "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/",
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