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Red Hat CVE-2025-71176

MEDIUM
Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions (CWE-379)
2026-01-22 cve@mitre.org
6.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
6.8 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Apr 09, 2026 - 08:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 12, 2026 - 21:54 vuln.today
CVE Published
Jan 22, 2026 - 05:16 nvd
MEDIUM 6.8

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 57 pypi packages depend on pytest (49 direct, 8 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 9.0.3.

DescriptionCVE.org

pytest through 9.0.2 on UNIX relies on directories with the /tmp/pytest-of-{user} name pattern, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges.

AnalysisAI

pytest versions up to 9.0.2 contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges (CVSS 6.8).

Technical ContextAI

affects pytest. pytest through 9.0.2 on UNIX relies on directories with the /tmp/pytest-of-{user} name pattern, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges.

Affected ProductsAI

Product: pytest. Versions: up to 9.0.2.

RemediationAI

Monitor vendor advisories for a patch.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Fixed

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CVE-2025-71176 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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