CVE-2025-27516

Jinja sandbox breakout through attr filter selecting format method

State
Published
Severity
5.4 Medium
Published
Mar 5, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Reserved
Feb 26, 2025

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Description

Jinja is an extensible templating engine. Prior to 3.1.6, an oversight in how the Jinja sandboxed environment interacts with the |attr filter allows an attacker that controls the content of a template to execute arbitrary Python code. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker needs to control the content of a template. Whether that is the case depends on the type of application using Jinja. This vulnerability impacts users of applications which execute untrusted templates. Jinja's sandbox does catch calls to str.format and ensures they don't escape the sandbox. However, it's possible to use the |attr filter to get a reference to a string's plain format method, bypassing the sandbox. After the fix, the |attr filter no longer bypasses the environment's attribute lookup. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.6.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.05.4 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

Affected Products

ProductVersions
jinjapallets
  • < 3.1.6Affected

References

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