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GHSA-797f-63wg-8chv

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 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.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-797f-63wg-8chv
Published
March 19, 2024 6:31 PM
Last Modified
June 10, 2024 6:30 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 12, 2025 6:29 AM

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