Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Important 2026-08-04T15:48:18 django: Django: Remote code execution via GeoDjango spatial lookups 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CWE-434

An issue was discovered in Django 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 6.0 before 6.0.8. GeoDjango spatial lookups optimistically parse the right-hand-side value as a raster by passing it to the `django.contrib.gis.gdal.GDALRaster` constructor. Any value used in a spatial lookup against a `GeometryField` or `RasterField` reaches this constructor, including untrusted input, for example a spatial-field filter submitted through the Django admin changelist query string by a staff user with view permission. A `dict`, or a `str` holding its JSON representation, is opened in write mode regardless of the constructor's `write=False` default, allowing a file with an attacker-chosen name and contents to be written through a file-backed GDAL driver. Any other `str` is treated as a datasource, allowing an outbound network request through a GDAL virtual filesystem handler. Writing a file to a location later imported by the application can result in remote code execution. Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.1.x, 5.0.x, and 4.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Bence Nagy, localhost-detect, and kimchunbok_ for reporting this issue.

A flaw was found in Django. GeoDjango's spatial lookups can be exploited by a staff user with view permissions who submits a specially crafted spatial-field filter. This vulnerability allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to the server, which can lead to remote code execution. Additionally, it can be used to make outbound network requests, resulting in server-side request forgery.

Red Hat products that are built with Django framework do not implement GeoDjango or GIS capabilities. Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Not affected ansible-automation-platform-24/controller-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Not affected ansible-automation-platform-24/eda-controller-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Not affected ansible-automation-platform-24/hub-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Not affected ansible-automation-platform-24/lightspeed-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-25/ansible-dev-tools-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-25/controller-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Not affected ansible-automation-platform-25/eda-controller-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-25/gateway-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-25/hub-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-dev-tools-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Not affected ansible-automation-platform-26/eda-controller-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-27/aap-cloud-billing-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-27/ansible-dev-tools-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Not affected ansible-automation-platform-27/eda-controller-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-27/gateway-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-27/hub-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-27/lightspeed-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-27/metrics-service-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform/automation-dashboard-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform-tech-preview/metrics-service-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected automation-controller Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Affected python-django Red Hat Discovery 2 Affected discovery/discovery-server-rhel9 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 Affected python-django20 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 Affected python-django Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 Affected python-django Red Hat Satellite 6 Affected python-django Red Hat Satellite 6 Not affected satellite-capsule:el8/python-django Red Hat Satellite 6 Affected satellite/iop-advisor-backend-rhel9 Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers Affected python-django Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 Affected rhui5/rhua-rhel9 Self-service automation portal 2 Affected ansible-automation-platform/bootc-automation-portal-rhel9 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15307 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15307 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ https://github.com/django/django/commit/115ffd0463a765ab1cc93de18e94b5459b8a300e https://github.com/django/django/commit/208f80cb682868b584ed0a78f23e4ba6304212aa https://github.com/django/django/commit/39b3e2d0c743a338def6c473086ebc06865e86b6 https://github.com/django/django/commit/f1949c1f9758947ade984c895ff16bef46f56520 https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/security-releases/