UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6597 (CVE-2023-6597)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-03-19 16:15 – Updated: 2026-09-08 17:11 – Source websiteAn 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.
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"modified": "2026-09-08T17:11:26Z",
"published": "2024-03-19T16:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6597"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2024/q1/240"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-10-14-3-9-19-and-3-8-19-is-now-available/48993"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6597"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6891-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-797f-63wg-8chv"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-6891-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2023-6597"
]
}
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