---
title: "CVE-2026-115938: Craft CMS - Template Injection"
description: "Craft CMS allows any authenticated control panel user to perform a sandbox bypass via element-search condition evaluation in Twig templates, enabling secret recovery and unsandboxed template rendering, exploit requires authenticated control panel access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-115938/
---

# CVE-2026-115938 Craft CMS - Template Injection

Craft CMS allows any authenticated control panel user to perform a sandbox bypass via element-search condition evaluation in Twig templates, enabling secret recovery and unsandboxed template rendering, exploit requires authenticated control panel access.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.68% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115938)

## Details

Type

Template Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

23 October 2026

Updated

25 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-1336](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1336.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of Craft CMS containing the fix.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115938](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115938)
- [https://github.com/craftcms/cms](https://github.com/craftcms/cms)
- [https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.11.2](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/releases/tag/5.11.2)
- [https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-v4q3-2g5g-wjj6](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/security/advisories/GHSA-v4q3-2g5g-wjj6)
- [https://www.hckrt.com/hacktivity/HCKRT-DRNL9W](https://www.hckrt.com/hacktivity/HCKRT-DRNL9W)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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