CVE-2014-0012

python-jinja2: FileSystemBytecodeCache insecure cache temporary file use, incorrect CVE-2014-1402 fix

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 11, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of python-jinja2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as it did not include the patch that introduced this flaw.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.4
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary File