GHSA-qc99-g3wm-hgxr

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qc99-g3wm-hgxr

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-qc99-g3wm-hgxr/GHSA-qc99-g3wm-hgxr.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-qc99-g3wm-hgxr

Aliases

Published

2022-05-01T17:44:04Z

Modified

2026-07-06T08:11:25Z

Summary

Django Arbitrary Code Execution

Details

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.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2024-05-14T17:18:37Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2007-01-23T00:28:00Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}

References

Affected packages

PyPI / django

Package

Name: django; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:pypi/django

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0.95

Fixed

1.0

Affected versions

0.*

0.95

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-qc99-g3wm-hgxr/GHSA-qc99-g3wm-hgxr.json"