First published: Mon Dec 23 2024(Updated: )
Jinja is an extensible templating engine. Prior to 3.1.5, An oversight in how the Jinja sandboxed environment detects calls to str.format 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 store a reference to a malicious string's format method, then pass that to a filter that calls it. No such filters are built-in to Jinja, but could be present through custom filters in an application. After the fix, such indirect calls are also handled by the sandbox. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.5.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Jinja | <3.1.5 |
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The severity of REDHAT-BUG-2333856 is classified as high due to the potential for arbitrary code execution.
To fix REDHAT-BUG-2333856, upgrade your Jinja installation to version 3.1.5 or later.
Versions of Jinja prior to 3.1.5 are affected by REDHAT-BUG-2333856.
REDHAT-BUG-2333856 enables an attacker to execute arbitrary Python code through controlled templates.
Users and applications utilizing Jinja versions below 3.1.5 are impacted by REDHAT-BUG-2333856.