---
id: CVE-2025-59681
title: >-
  An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and
  5.2 before 5.2.7
summary: >-
  An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and
  5.2 before 5.2.7. QuerySet.annotate(), QuerySet.alias(), QuerySet.aggregate(),
  and QuerySet.extra() are subject to SQL injection in column aliases, when
  using a …
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-89
vendor: djangoproject
product: django
affected:
  - 'django >= 4.2, < 4.2.25'
  - 'django >= 5.1, < 5.1.13'
  - 'django >= 5.2, < 5.2.7'
patched:
  - django 5.2.7
published: '2025-10-01'
updated: '2026-06-17'
sourceUpdated: '2026-06-17T09:46:30.740'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59681'
references:
  - url: 'https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/01/security-releases/'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/01/3'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-59681.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59681'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2400449'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59681'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59681'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18984'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23196'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2025-10-01T19:12:04.911087Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T00:17:34.983Z'
epss: 0.00625
epssPercentile: 0.47732
scores:
  nvd: 7.1
  vendor: 8.1
---

## Overview

An issue was discovered in Django 4.2 before 4.2.25, 5.1 before 5.1.13, and 5.2 before 5.2.7. QuerySet.annotate(), QuerySet.alias(), QuerySet.aggregate(), and QuerySet.extra() are subject to SQL injection in column aliases, when using a suitably crafted dictionary, with dictionary expansion, as the **kwargs passed to these methods (on MySQL and MariaDB).

## Affected

- `django >= 4.2, < 4.2.25`
- `django >= 5.1, < 5.1.13`
- `django >= 5.2, < 5.2.7`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `django 5.2.7`

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2025:18984** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · released 2025-10-22 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18984)
- **RHSA-2025:23196** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 · released 2025-12-15 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23196)
- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: OpenShift Service Mesh 3, Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Discovery 2 · no fix planned: OpenShift Service Mesh 3, Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Discovery 2 · updated 2026-09-21 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-59681.json)