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CVE-2014-1402

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1402 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Jinja2 versions prior to 2.7.2. The default configuration of bccache.FileSystemBytecodeCache improperly creates temporary files, allowing local attackers to gain privileges by crafting a .cache file in /tmp. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pocoo:jinja2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pocoo:jinja2:2.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pocoo:jinja2:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pocoo:jinja2:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pocoo:jinja2:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: Jinja2Fixed in: 2.7.2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-jinja2-0:2.2.1-2.el6_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python27-python-jinja2-0:2.6-10.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python33-python-jinja2-0:2.6-11.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 EUSFixed in: python27-python-jinja2-0:2.6-10.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 EUSFixed in: python33-python-jinja2-0:2.6-11.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: python27-python-jinja2-0:2.6-10.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: python33-python-jinja2-0:2.6-11.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python27-python-jinja2-0:2.6-11.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python33-python-jinja2-0:2.6-12.el7
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: python-jinja2-26

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-8r7q-cvjq-x353high

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Jinja2

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-1402Moderate

python-jinja2: FileSystemBytecodeCache insecure cache temporary file use

Jan 9, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0028.html
jinja.pocoo.org / docs/changelog
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/01/10/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/01/10/3
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0747.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0748.html
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/56287
secunia.com / advisories/58783
secunia.com / advisories/58918
secunia.com / advisories/59017
secunia.com / advisories/60738
secunia.com / advisories/60770
oss.oracle.com / pipermail/el-errata/2014-June/004192.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-13.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories