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CVE-2023-6597

An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.1 3.11.7 3.10.13 3.9.18 and 3.8.18 and prior. The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances.

CVSS score

7.8

EPSS probability

%0.3

Risk score

0.0

Published

2 y ago

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