CVE-2025-27516CWE-1336

Jinja sandbox breakout through attr filter selecting format method

Medium · published March 5, 2025

CVSS v4.0
5.4
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.4 · MEDIUM
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
EPSS
0.00507 · 42.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1336 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
Published
2025-03-05T20:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 MAR 20:40Z
    Jinja sandbox breakout through attr filter selecting format method
    cvelistv5