# Django 6.0.2 documentation

# Django 2.2.18 release notes

February 1, 2021

Django 2.2.18 fixes a security issue with severity “low” in 2.2.17.

## CVE-2021-3281: Potential directory-traversal via `archive.extract()`

The `django.utils.archive.extract()` function, used by `startapp --template` and `startproject --template`, allowed directory-traversal via an archive with absolute paths or relative paths with dot segments.