ALPINE-CVE-2023-6597

ALPINE-CVE-2023-6597 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.16	python3	3.1.3-r0, 3.10.0-r1, 3.10.1-r0
Alpine:v3.17	python3	0, 3.10.0-r0, 3.10.10-r0

Timeline

Mar 19, 2024 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-6597 advisory

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