PYSEC-2026-630

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    PYSEC-2026-630

    Published: 2 Jul 2026Last Modified: 6 Jul 2026

    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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0404, https://github.com/django/django/commit/518d406e53, https://github.com/django/django/commit/a132d411c6986418ee6c0edc331080aa792fee6e, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407519, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31627, https://github.com/django/django, http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/3592, https://pypi.org/project/django, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qc99-g3wm-hgxr

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.95
    Fixed -1.0

    Affected versions

    0.95

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2026-630 | CVE-DB