CVE-2026-2451
February 16, 2026
Emails sent by pretix can utilize placeholders that will be filled with customer data. For example, when {name}
is used in an email template, it will be replaced with the buyer's
name for the final email. This mechanism contained a security-relevant bug:
It was possible to exfiltrate information about the pretix system through specially crafted placeholder names such as {{event.init.code.co_filename}}.
This way, an attacker with the ability to control email templates
(usually every user of the pretix backend) could retrieve sensitive
information from the system configuration, including even database
passwords or API keys. pretix does include mechanisms to prevent the usage of such
malicious placeholders, however due to a mistake in the code, they were
not fully effective for this plugin.
Out of caution, we recommend that you rotate all passwords and API keys contained in your pretix.cfg file.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/pretix/pretix.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2025.10.0 <v2025.10.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2025.10.2https://github.com/pretix/pretix.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =v2026.1.0 <v2026.1.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2026.1.1https://github.com/pretix/pretix.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v2025.9.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2025.9.4pretix (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) =2026.1.0 <2026.1.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2026.1.1pretix (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0b1 <2025.9.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2025.9.4pretix (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2025.10.0 <2025.10.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2025.10.2Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
POC
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Dynamic Variable Evaluation
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05