CVE-2026-12345 (GCVE-0-2026-12345)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-29 17:46 – Updated: 2026-09-29 21:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Race condition in tempfile.TemporaryDirectory cleanup allows deleting files outside the temporary directory
Summary
The cleanup of tempfile.TemporaryDirectory is vulnerable to a race condition. An attacker who can modify the tree during cleanup can replace a directory with a symbolic link, causing files outside of the temporary directory to be deleted or have their permissions and file flags reset, with the privileges of the process performing the cleanup. Note that platforms where shutil.rmtree.avoids_symlink_attacks is false, remain affected, and file flags may still be reset outside of the tree on all platforms.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-29 18:38 UTC
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
4 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation | CPython |
Affected:
0 , < 3.15.0
(python)
|
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