LMFDB before commit 01829bd contains a server-side template injection vulnerability in the renderknowl function that allows unauthenticated…
CVE-2026-123198
LMFDB before commit 01829bd contains a server-side template injection vulnerability in the renderknowl function that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject Jinja expressions via request parameters. Attackers can supply crafted query-string values or 'content' data to /knowledge/render/ to reach Python builtins and execute operating system commands as the web application account.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 9.3 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Critical
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 5 November 2026
- Last updated
- 5 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/LMFDB/lmfdb/security/advisories/GHSA-6jw3-pmcx-2xww
- https://github.com/LMFDB/lmfdb/pull/7231
- https://github.com/LMFDB/lmfdb/commit/01829bd09b692c720aad30c952758a20630573d4
- https://github.com/LMFDB/lmfdb/blob/c6e5bac205aa12de9edf584a06328fefa81de0de/lmfdb/knowledge/main.py#L747
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/lmfdb-before-commit-01829bd-unauthenticated-server-side-template-injection-via-knowledge-render-id
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