CVE-2014-1402

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Pocoo Jinja2: through 2.7.1; 2.0, 2.0-rc1, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.2, 2.2.1 (+12)

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0028.html
http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/changelog/
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/10/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/10/3
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0747.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0748.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/56287
http://secunia.com/advisories/58783
http://secunia.com/advisories/58918
http://secunia.com/advisories/59017
http://secunia.com/advisories/60738
http://secunia.com/advisories/60770

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