Arbitrary code execution via unescaped template filename
Published Dec 23, 2024 · Updated Feb 18, 2025
Code injection in Pallets Jinja 3.0.0 through 3.1.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted template filename. In compiler.py, visit_FromImport inserts the unescaped template position, including its filename, into generated f-string source, so braces in the name become executable expressions. Exploitation requires control of both template content and filename and a from-import path that reaches the generated error message; successful execution escapes the sandbox and runs with the embedding application's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in Pallets Jinja 3.0.0 through 3.1.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via a crafted template filename. In compiler.py, visit_FromImport inserts the unescaped template position, including its filename, into generated f-string source, so braces in the name become executable expressions. Exploitation requires control of both template content and filename and a from-import path that reaches the generated error message; successful execution escapes the sandbox and runs with the embedding application's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56201
- Published
- Dec 23, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Vendor
- Pallets
- Product
- Jinja
- Classifications
- CWE-150, T1059.006
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 23, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 3.0.0, < 3.1.5
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