PyPI: jinja2
CVE-2025-27516
Safety vulnerability ID: SFTY-20250305-54232
Safety legacy ID: pyup.io-75976
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.
Overview
Jinja2 vulnerable to sandbox breakout through attr filter selecting format method
Advisory
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.
How to Fix
Mitigation and Workarounds
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Vulnerable Functions
Functions linked to known vulnerabilities.
References
- https://getsafety.com/vulnerabilities/SFTY-20250305-54232/CVE-2025-27516
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-27516
- https://github.com/pallets/jinja/commit/90457bbf33b8662926ae65cdde4c4c32e756e403
- https://github.com/pallets/jinja/security/advisories/GHSA-cpwx-vrp4-4pq7
- https://github.com/pallets/jinja/commit/90457bbf33b8662926ae65cdde4c4c32e756e403
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27516
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00045.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00022.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cpwx-vrp4-4pq7
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