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CVE-2014-1402
The default configuration for bccache.FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 before 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary files, which…
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The default configuration for bccache.FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 before 2.7.2 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted .cache file with a name starting with __jinja2_ in /tmp.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 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)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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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-8r7q-cvjq-x353 (opens in a new tab)
References
17
- [El-errata] 20140611 Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2014-0747 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140110 Re: CVE Request: python-jinja2: arbitrary code execution vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 59017 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 56287 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2014:096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 58783 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 58918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 60738 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=734747 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051421 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 60770 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0747 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/changelog/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201408-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140110 CVE Request: python-jinja2: arbitrary code execution vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0028.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0748 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-2014-0023 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8r7q-cvjq-x353 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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