Critical severity · published Oct 1, 2025
CVE-2025-59681
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
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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. QuerySet.annotate(), QuerySet.alias(), QuerySet.aggregate(), and QuerySet.extra() are subject to SQL injection in column aliases, when using a suitably crafted dictionary, with dictionary expansion, as the **kwargs passed to these methods (on MySQL and MariaDB).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
4.2 before 4.2.25; 5.1 before 5.1.13; 5.2 before 5.2.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59681
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59681
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/
Release Notes
https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce
Release Notes
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3
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