Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine Affecting giskard-checks package, versions [,1.0.2b1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-GISKARDCHECKS-16323120
  • published30 Apr 2026
  • disclosed14 Apr 2026
  • creditDhabaleshwar Das

Introduced: 14 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-40320  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1336  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade giskard-checks to version 1.0.2b1 or higher.

Overview

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Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine via the rule parameter in the ConformityCheck class. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by supplying malicious template expressions in check definitions that are loaded and executed locally.

Note: This is only exploitable if an attacker has write access to a check definition and a developer subsequently runs the test suite.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1