Unsafe variable evaluation in email templates
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Emails sent by pretix can utilize placeholders that will be filled with customer data. For example, when {name} is used in an email template, it will be replaced with the buyer's name for the final email. This mechanism contained a security-relevant bug: It was possible to exfiltrate information about the pretix system through specially crafted placeholder names such as {{event.__init__.__code__.co_filename}}. This way, an attacker with the ability to control email templates (usually every user of the pretix backend) could retrieve sensitive information from the system configuration, including even database passwords or API keys. pretix does include mechanisms to prevent the usage of such malicious placeholders, however due to a mistake in the code, they were not fully effective for this plugin. Out of caution, we recommend that you rotate all passwords and API keys contained in your pretix.cfg https://docs.pretix.eu/self-hosting/config/ file.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pretix | pretix-newsletter | 1.0.0 to before 2.0.0; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.1 | 2.0.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- pretix-newsletter Vendorpretix Affected 1.0.0 to before 2.0.0; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.1 Fixed in 2.0.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pretix-newsletter (pretix) Fixed in 2.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-2452
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mv9g-vp7w-xq67
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-2452 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-2452 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mv9g-vp7w-xq67 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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