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CVE-2026-15307: Django GeoDjango spatial lookups allow file creation or network requests
CVE-2026-15307
CVE-2026-15307
Summary
Django's GeoDjango feature can create files or make network requests if given untrusted input. This can potentially allow an attacker to execute malicious code on the server. If you're using Django GeoDjango, update to the latest version to fix this issue.
What to do
No fix is available yet. Check with your software vendor for updates.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| djangoproject | django | < 6.0.8 |
Original title
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.g...
Original description
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.
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.
mitre CVSS3.1
8.8
Vulnerability type
CWE-73
CWE-918
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
- https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/ vendor-advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce mailing-list
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/f1949c1f9758947ade984c895ff16bef46f56520 patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/39b3e2d0c743a338def6c473086ebc06865e86b6 patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/208f80cb682868b584ed0a78f23e4ba6304212aa patch
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/115ffd0463a765ab1cc93de18e94b5459b8a300e patch
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/aug/04/security-releases/ vendor-advisory
Published: 4 Aug 2026 · Updated: 4 Aug 2026 · First seen: 4 Aug 2026