Django 3.1.8 release notes

April 6, 2021

Django 3.1.8 fixes a security issue with severity “low” and a bug in 3.1.7.

CVE-2021-28658: Potential directory-traversal via uploaded files

MultiPartParser allowed directory-traversal via uploaded files with suitably crafted file names.

Built-in upload handlers were not affected by this vulnerability.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug in Django 3.1 where the output was hidden on a test error or failure when using test --pdb with the --buffer option (#32560).