CVE-2014-0012
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–6.2
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-fqh9-2qgg-h84hInsecure Temporary File in Jinja22022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
FileSystemBytecodeCache in Jinja2 prior to version 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.
- PYSEC-2014-822014-05-19vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (26)
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- http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/changelog/Patchcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/73cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56328cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60738cnnvd
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-13.xmlcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051421cnnvd
- https://github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/commit/acb672b6a179567632e032f547582f30fa2f4aa7cnnvd
- https://github.com/mitsuhiko/jinja2/pull/292cnnvd
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