CVE-2025-27516: Jinja2 vulnerable to sandbox breakout through attr filter selecting format method
Affects Jinja2Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium : upgrade to 3.1.6 when convenient.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 22:52 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.1.6
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Jinja2 to 3.1.6.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| PyPIJinja2 | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
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.
References
- github.com/pallets/jinja/security/advisories/GHSA-cpwx-vrp4-4pq7 (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27516 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/pallets/jinja/commit/90457bbf33b8662926ae65cdde4c4c32e756e403 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/pallets/jinja (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00022.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00045.html (opens in a new tab)