CVE-2014-0012
FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by…
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary directories, which allows local users to gain privileges by pre-creating a temporary directory with a user's uid. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1402.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIJinja2GHSA-fqh9-2qgg-h84h (opens in a new tab)
References
8
- https://github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/pull/292 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 56328 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051421 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 60738 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/commit/acb672b6a179567632e032f547582f30fa2f4aa7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/pull/296 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201408-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140110 CVE assignment for jinja2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-0024 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-fqh9-2qgg-h84h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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