# CVE-2026-71291: Bolt CMS Server-Side Template Injection via Unsandboxed allow\_twig Field Rendering

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-05 · Updated: 2026-08-10

## Affected

- bolt core: through 6.1

## Description

Bolt CMS renders content field values through Twig's full application-level Environment with no SandboxExtension registered anywhere in the codebase. In src/Entity/Field.php, getTwigValue calls shouldBeRenderedAsTwig, which gates rendering only on the field definition's allow_twig flag and a regex checking for , , or ; when true, the raw field value is compiled and rendered via with no sandboxing.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/bolt/core
- https://github.com/bolt/core/blob/6.1/src/Entity/Field.php

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