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Alternatively, sanitize all context data before rendering to ensure no non-primitive objects are passed to dynamic partials. Avoid dynamic partial lookups (`{{> (lookup ...)}}`) when context data is user-controlled. Implementing these mitigations may require application-level changes."}, "name": "CVE-2026-33940", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:cryostat:4", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "handlebars", "product_name": "Cryostat 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:logging:5", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "openshift-logging/elasticsearch6-rhel9", "product_name": "Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:logging:5", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "openshift-logging/elasticsearch-operator-bundle", "product_name": "Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:logging:5", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "openshift-logging/elasticsearch-proxy-rhel9", "product_name": "Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:logging:5", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "openshift-logging/elasticsearch-rhel9-operator", "product_name": "Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:logging:5", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "openshift-logging/kibana6-rhel8", "product_name": "Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:logging:5", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "openshift-logging/logging-curator5-rhel9", "product_name": "Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "handlebars", "product_name": "Red Hat Data Grid 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "389-ds:1.4/389-ds-base", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "grafana", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "mozjs60", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "firefox", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "thunderbird", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "rhoai/odh-workbench-codeserver-datascience-cpu-py312-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_devspaces:3", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "devspaces/code-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_bpms_platform:7", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "handlebars", "product_name": "Red Hat Process Automation 7"}], "public_date": "2026-03-27T21:11:10Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33940\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33940\nhttps://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/commit/68d8df5a88e0a26fe9e6084c5c6aaebe67b07da2\nhttps://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/releases/tag/v4.7.9\nhttps://github.com/handlebars-lang/handlebars.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xhpv-hc6g-r9c6"], "statement": "This is an Important arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Handlebars.js. 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