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  2. Django 3.1.6 release notes
    
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  5. *February 1, 2021*
    
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  7. Django 3.1.6 fixes a security issue with severity "low" and a bug in 3.1.5.
    
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  9. CVE-2021-3281: Potential directory-traversal via ``archive.extract()``
    
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  12. The ``django.utils.archive.extract()`` function, used by
    
  13. :option:`startapp --template` and :option:`startproject --template`, allowed
    
  14. directory-traversal via an archive with absolute paths or relative paths with
    
  15. dot segments.
    
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  17. Bugfixes
    
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  20. * Fixed an admin layout issue in Django 3.1 where changelist filter controls 
    
  21.   would become squashed (:ticket:`32391`).