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high 7.5

CVE-2020-24584 json

Django Incorrect Default Permissions

published 2020-09-01 6 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-django-2020-24584 , EUVD-2020-0070 , GHSA-fr28-569j-53c4 , PYSEC-2020-34

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.16, 3.0 before 3.0.10, and 3.1 before 3.1.1 (when Python 3.7+ is used). The intermediate-level directories of the filesystem cache had the system's standard umask rather than 0o077.

Patch / fix

  • pypi django 2.2.16, 3.0.10, 3.1.1
  • bitnami django 2.2.16, 3.0.10, 3.1.1
  • djangoproject django 2.2.16, 3.0.10, 3.1.1
  • python-django Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:2.2.16-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24584

  • python-django Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:2.2.12-1ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24584

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • python-Django5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
  • python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.30-4.1
  • python-Django6 openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.0-1.1
  • python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.14-1.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.2.7-2.3
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.11-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11270-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11248-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11235-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10005-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14208-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11205-1

  • py-django Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9 1.11.29-r1
  • py3-django Alpine 3.12, Alpine 3.11 1.11.29-r1
  • py3-django Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 3.1.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-24584

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • python-django Arch Linux 3.1.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1217

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-24584 updated cvss 7.5

django: permission escalation in intermediate-level directories of the file system cache on Python 3.7+

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein) python-django, python3-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 (Train) python-django, python3-django, python-django-bash-completion
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Storage 3 python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers python-django
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi django
>=2.2, <2.2.16
>=3.0, <3.0.10
>=3.1, <3.1.1
2.2.16
3.0.10
3.1.1
bitnami django
>=2.2.0, <2.2.16
>=3.0.0, <3.0.10
>=3.1.0, <3.1.1
2.2.16
3.0.10
3.1.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
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References

Sources

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