CVE-2021-21429 (GCVE-0-2021-21429)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09
VLAI
Title
Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions in the OpenAPI Generator Maven plugin
Summary
OpenAPI Generator allows generation of API client libraries, server stubs, documentation and configuration automatically given an OpenAPI Spec. Using `File.createTempFile` in JDK will result in creating and using insecure temporary files that can leave application and system data vulnerable to attacks. OpenAPI Generator maven plug-in creates insecure temporary files during the process. The issue has been patched with `Files.createTempFile` and released in the v5.1.0 stable version.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7712 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OpenAPITools openapi-generator Affected: < 5.1.0
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