An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and 5.2 before 5.2.7. The django.utils.archive.extract() function, used by the "startapp --template" and "startproject --template" commands, allows partial directory traversal via an archive with file paths sharing a common prefix with the target directory.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:18979 advisory.

    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform provides an enterprise framework for building, deploying and managing     IT automation at scale. IT Managers can provide top-down guidelines on how automation is applied to     individual teams, while automation developers retain the freedom to write tasks that leverage existing     knowledge without the overhead. Ansible Automation Platform makes it possible for users across an     organization to share, vet, and manage automation content by means of a simple, powerful, and agentless     language.

    Security Fix(es):

    * python3.11-django: Potential partial directory-traversal via archive.extract() (CVE-2025-59682)
    * automation-gateway: tar-fs symlink validation bypass (CVE-2025-59343)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Updates and fixes included:

    Automation Platform
    * Azure AD authentication now searches more fields to find the username override field specified. If not     found it will log a warning message indicating which fields are valid (AAP-53789)
    * Support TLSv1.3 on server-to-server requests, where previously services which only supported TLSv1.3     would not work (AAP-49456)
    * Added a step in the subscription wizard that allows the user to configure automation analytics     (AAP-55094)
    * Subscription credentials can no longer be viewed/edited from the system settings page (AAP-55014)
    * Fixed an issue where the settings displayed Red Hat inconsistently in the API and UI (AAP-54277)
    * Fixed a bug where platform auditors were not able to see Automation Execution and Platform level     settings (AAP-53975)
    * Fixed an issue where some fields were missing the autocomplete = new-password setting (AAP-53934)
    * Fixed an issue where AAP could not set/create a playbook when using branch override (AAP-52566)
    * Empty strings are no longer displayed in the extra variables field on the Jobs > Details page     (AAP-49448)
    * Added two new toggle options on the subscription wizard to allow for fetching subscriptions using basic     authentication (AAP-47865)
    * Fixed validation of prompt-on-launch credentials in a workflow job template (AAP-40540)
    * Fixed an issue for comments in extra vars sections, all comments in YAML are now persisted on create and     edit operations for a resource (AAP-37071)
    * Updated error handling in the Authenticator form to match other forms in the Platform UI (AAP-22928)
    * automation-gateway has been updated to 2.5.20251022
    * automation-gateway-proxy has been updated to 2.5.10-3 for RHEL8
    * automation-gateway-proxy has been updated to 2.6.6-4 for RHEL9
    * python3.11-django-ansible-base has been updated to 2.5.20251022

    Automation controller
    * Fixed an issue where the ansible.platform collection did not work with the default Red Hat Ansible     Automation Platform credential type (AAP-55685)
    * Fixed an issue in callback receiver and dispatcher crash loop state caused by re-running the installer     with modified inventory hostname (AAP-55638)
    * Added support for Red Hat username and password for the subscription management API (AAP-54976)
    * Fixes system_administrator role creation race condition which most commonly happened on new openshift     deployments resulting in the default instance group not being created (AAP-54964)
    * Fixed an issue where Grafana notifications couldn't have an empty dashboard ID or panel ID (AAP-54654)
    * Improved stability on long-running jobs, clusters under heavy load and network flakiness in receptor     (AAP-53742)
    * Fixed Platform Auditor to view controller settings (AAP-53345)
    * Added missing instruction to set an environment variable in the CLI in order to achieve compatibility     with the current release (AAP-37812)
    * Fixed Platform Auditor to view Metrics API endpoint (AAP-36492)
    * automation-controller has been updated to 4.6.21
    * receptor has been updated to 1.6.0

    Automation hub
    * Fixed an issue where _ui/v2/ user detail displayed the data correctly (AAP-55957)
    * automation-hub has been updated to 4.10.9
    * python3.11-galaxy-ng has been updated to 4.10.9
    * python3.11-galaxy-importer has been updated to 0.4.34

    Container-based Ansible Automation Platform
    * Set REDHAT_CANDLEPIN_VERIFY to correct CA pem so that controller can make requests to     subscription.rhsm.redhat.com (AAP-55181)
    * Implemented preflight ansible-core version validation (AAP-54931)
    * Fixed a bug where Ansible would fail to gather the system's UUID for Linux on Power (AAP-54540)
    * containerized installer setup has been updated to 2.5-20

    RPM-based Ansible Automation Platform
    * Fixed an issue where setting automationgateway_disable_https=false resulted in install failure     (AAP-55475)
    * Set REDHAT_CANDLEPIN_VERIFY to correct CA pem so that controller can make requests to     subscription.rhsm.redhat.com (AAP-55184)
    * Fixed issue where RESOURCE_KEY SECRET_KEY was not updated when restoring from a different environment     (AAP-54944)
    * Fixed issue where EDA DE credentials failed to populate on initial install (AAP-54520)
    * Fixed an issue where automation gateway's envoy.log did not receive logs after it was rotated     (AAP-54079)
    * ansible-automation-platform-installer and installer setup have been updated to 2.5-19

    Additional changes
    * python3.11-django has been updated to 4.2.25

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4324 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4324-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                           Chris Lamb     October 07, 2025                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : python-django     Version        : 2:2.2.28-1~deb11u9     CVE IDs        : CVE-2025-59681 CVE-2025-59682     Debian Bug     : 1116979

    It was discovered that there were two vulnerabilities in Django, a     popular web development framework:

     * CVE-2025-59681: Fix a potential SQL injection in        QuerySet.annotate(), alias(), aggregate() and extra(). These        methods were subject to SQL injection in column aliases, using a        suitably crafted dictionary via dictionary expansion as the
       **kwargs passed to these methods on MySQL and MariaDB.

     * CVE-2025-59682: Fix a potential partial directory-traversal        vulnerability in archive.extract(). This 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.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     2:2.2.28-1~deb11u9.

    We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.

    For the detailed security status of python-django please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-django

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and 5.2 before 5.2.7. The     django.utils.archive.extract() function, used by the startapp --template and startproject --template     commands, allows partial directory traversal via an archive with file paths sharing a common prefix with     the target directory. (CVE-2025-59682)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03446-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-59681: SQL injection via the `QuerySet` annotate()`, `alias()`, `aggregate()`, or `extra()`     methods when       processing a specially crafted dictionary with dictionary expansion (bsc#1250485).
    - CVE-2025-59682: directory traversal via the `django.utils.archive.extract()` function when processing an     archive with       file paths that share a common prefix with the target directory (bsc#1250487).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 90fc859e-9fe4-11f0-9fa2-080027836e8b advisory.

    Django reports:
    CVE-2025-59681: Potential SQL injection in QuerySet.annotate(), alias(), aggregate(), and extra() on MySQL     and MariaDB.
    CVE-2025-59682: Potential partial directory-traversal via archive.extract().

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7794-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled special characters in the QuerySet function calls. A     remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection attacks. (CVE-2025-59681)

    It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled files with the same path prefix when starting with a     template. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2025-59682)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
271208	RHEL 8 / 9 : Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update (Important) (RHSA-2025:18979)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
269725	Debian dla-4324 : python-django-doc - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
269582	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-59682	Nessus	Misc.	low
266439	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-Django (SUSE-SU-2025:03446-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
266430	FreeBSD : Django -- multiple vulnerabilities (90fc859e-9fe4-11f0-9fa2-080027836e8b)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
266399	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : Django vulnerabilities (USN-7794-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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