CVE-2023-6597 (GCVE-0-2023-6597)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-19 15:44 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-05 19:08 UTC
Assigner
References
14 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation | CPython |
Affected:
0 , < 3.8.19
(python)
Affected: 3.9.0 , < 3.9.19 (python) Affected: 3.10.0 , < 3.10.14 (python) Affected: 3.11.0 , < 3.11.8 (python) Affected: 3.12.0 , < 3.12.1 (python) Affected: 3.13.0a1 , < 3.13.0a3 (python) |
guessed | |
| python_software_foundation | cpython |
Affected:
0 , < 3.8.19
(custom)
Affected: 3.9.0 , < 3.9.19 (custom) Affected: 3.10.0 , < 3.10.14 (custom) Affected: 3.11.0 , < 3.11.8 (custom) Affected: 3.12.0 , < 3.12.1 (custom) Affected: 3.13.0a1 , < 3.13.0a3 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:cpython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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