Root code execution via unsandboxed Jinja2 templates
Published Jan 16, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Code injection in Mock allows local users who control configuration tags to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. TemplatedDictionary.__render_string() passed those tag values to jinja2.Template and rendered them with the full configuration dictionary instead of a sandbox. Exploitation requires control of Mock configuration tags, which some build services delegate to less-privileged authenticated users, and yields root execution on the build server.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in Mock allows local users who control configuration tags to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. TemplatedDictionary.__render_string() passed those tag values to jinja2.Template and rendered them with the full configuration dictionary instead of a sandbox. Exploitation requires control of Mock configuration tags, which some build services delegate to less-privileged authenticated users, and yields root execution on the build server.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-6395
- Published
- Jan 16, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Fedora Project
- Product
- Fedora Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-20, CWE-94, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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