Ubuntu 25.10: Django Important Command Exec Risk USN-7859-1 CVE-2025-64459

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November 5, 2025

Django could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Django could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted

network traffic.

Software Description:

- python-django: High-level Python web development framework

Details:

It was discovered that Django incorrectly handled certain characters in

queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL

commands.

Topics Covered

security advisory command execution Ubuntu important network traffic python-django

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  python3-django                  3:5.2.4-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 25.04
  python3-django                  3:4.2.18-1ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  python3-django                  3:4.2.11-1ubuntu1.12

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  python3-django                  2:3.2.12-2ubuntu1.23

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  python3-django                  2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.29+esm5
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.