ALPINE-CVE-2023-6597

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CVE-2023-6597
Published: 19 Mar 2024, 16:15
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Mar 2024, 16:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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 Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•python3

    < 3.10.14-r0 | < 3.10.14-r0

References (1)