# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-76825"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-16T14:09:28.795Z"
updatedAt: "2026-09-16T18:35:53.779Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-76825"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-76825.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76825"
title: "RestrictedPython: Sandbox escape via string.Formatter field resolution"
summary: "RestrictedPython is a tool that helps define a subset of the Python language for accepting program input in a trusted environment. Prior to 8.4, RestrictedPython could allow a sandbox escape when a custom import policy or globals exposed the standard library string module, the string.Formatter class, a Formatter instance, or a Formatter subclass to restricted code. The string.Formatter methods format, get_field, get_value, and vformat performed attribute and item traversal internally without passing through RestrictedPython's safer_getattr protections. Restricted code could use those live object references to reach function globals, builtins, file access, or code execution primitives, affecting confidentiality, integrity, and availability in the host environment. This issue is fixed in version 8.4."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003c 8.4","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"zopefoundation","product":"RestrictedPython"}]

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