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Django 3.1.8 release notes
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*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
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``MultiPartParser`` allowed directory-traversal via uploaded files with
suitably crafted file names.

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

Bugfixes
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* Fixed a bug in Django 3.1 where the output was hidden on a test error or
  failure when using :option:`test --pdb` with the
  :option:`--buffer <test --buffer>` option (:ticket:`32560`).