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TI-2016-08785 Aliases CVE-2016-10745GHSA-hj2j-77xm-mc5v

In Pallets Jinja before 2.8.1, str.format allows a sandbox escape.

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-134Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 19 fixed, 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

In Pallets Jinja before 2.8.1, str.format allows a sandbox escape.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0352 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Jinja2 (PyPI): 2.8.1Red Hat: 6 advisoriesRed Hat: 19 fixed, 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—Jinja2 (PyPI)before 2.8.12.8.1Patch availableGHSA-hj2j-77xm-mc5v
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Jinja2 (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.8.1 Fixed in 2.8.1 Patch available GHSA-hj2j-77xm-mc5v

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:palletsprojects:jinja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.8.1Vulnerablepallets
  • cpe:2.3:a:palletsprojects:jinja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.8.1 Vulnerable ·pallets

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hj2j-77xm-mc5v Jinja2 (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 6 advisories

  • RHSA-2019:4062 Released 2019-12-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    python-jinja2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.4) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_4
  • RHSA-2019:3964 Released 2019-11-26 · Red Hat rating Important
    python-jinja2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_5
  • RHSA-2019:3172 Released 2019-10-22 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Satellite 6 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.6 ansible-runner-1.3.4-2.el7ar, ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0.0.3-1.el7sat, ansiblerole-insights-client-1.6-2.el7sat +47
    • Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.6 ansible-runner-1.3.4-2.el7ar, ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0.0.3-1.el7sat, ansiblerole-insights-client-1.6-2.el7sat +47
Show 3 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2019:1260 Released 2019-05-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    python27-python and python27-python-jinja2 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) python27-python-2.7.16-4.el6, python27-python-debug-2.7.16-4.el6, python27-python-devel-2.7.16-4.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) python27-python-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-debug-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-devel-2.7.16-4.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) python27-python-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-debug-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-devel-2.7.16-4.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) python27-python-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-debug-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-devel-2.7.16-4.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) python27-python-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-debug-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-devel-2.7.16-4.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) python27-python-2.7.16-4.el6, python27-python-debug-2.7.16-4.el6, python27-python-devel-2.7.16-4.el6 +5
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) python27-python-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-debug-2.7.16-4.el7, python27-python-devel-2.7.16-4.el7 +5
  • RHSA-2019:1237 Released 2019-05-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    rh-python35-python-jinja2 security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-python35-python-jinja2-2.8.1-2.el6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-python35-python-jinja2-2.8.1-2.el7
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-python35-python-jinja2-2.8.1-2.el7
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-python35-python-jinja2-2.8.1-2.el7
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-python35-python-jinja2-2.8.1-2.el7
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-python35-python-jinja2-2.8.1-2.el6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-python35-python-jinja2-2.8.1-2.el7
  • RHSA-2019:1022 Released 2019-05-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    python-jinja2 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) python-jinja2-2.7.2-3.el7_6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Storage 3AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:1022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:1022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5)Fixed RHSA-2019:3964
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:1022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4)Fixed RHSA-2019:4062
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4)Fixed RHSA-2019:4062
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5)Fixed RHSA-2019:3964
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.4)Fixed RHSA-2019:4062
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:1022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:1022
Red Hat Satellite 6.6Fixed RHSA-2019:3172
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.6Fixed RHSA-2019:3172
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2019:1237, RHSA-2019:1260
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:1237, RHSA-2019:1260
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4)Fixed RHSA-2019:1237, RHSA-2019:1260
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5)Fixed RHSA-2019:1237, RHSA-2019:1260
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6)Fixed RHSA-2019:1237, RHSA-2019:1260
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2019:1237, RHSA-2019:1260
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2019:1237, RHSA-2019:1260
Not affected: 7 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)
  • Red Hat Software Collections
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10745
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hj2j-77xm-mc5v

References

Patch 1

Advisory 12

Other 5

  • TI-2019-08127 In Pallets Jinja before 2.10.1, str.format_map allows a sandbox escape. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2020-17297 Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) in jinja2 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2024-14788 Jinja vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2025-20348 Jinja sandbox breakout through attr filter selecting format method CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2024-37287 Jinja has a sandbox breakout through indirect reference to format method CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2024-37171 Jinja has a sandbox breakout through malicious filenames CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.4
See all 7 →

Sources

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