GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-cpwx-vrp4-4pq7 Jinja2 vulnerable to sandbox breakout through attr filter selecting format method

MEDIUM Published 2025-03-05 Modified 2025-11-03 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-27516
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
Jinja2
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-1336
Reviewed
2025-03-05

Affected packages

• PyPI Jinja2: < 3.1.6 → fixed in 3.1.6

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-27516 Jinja is an extensible templating engine. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References