GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g/GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2026-01-22T06:30:29Z
Modified
2026-09-10T03:50:32Z
Severity
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
pytest has vulnerable tmpdir handling
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-379"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-13T16:38:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-22T05:16:17Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / pytest

Package

Name
pytest
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/pytest

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.0.3

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.3.0
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.4.0
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.5.0
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.6.0
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
2.6.4
2.7.0
2.7.1
2.7.2
2.7.3
2.8.0
2.8.1
2.8.2
2.8.3
2.8.4
2.8.5
2.8.6
2.8.7
2.9.0
2.9.1
2.9.2
3.*
3.0.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.0.4
3.0.5
3.0.6
3.0.7
3.1.0
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
3.2.0
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.3.0
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.4.0
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.5.0
3.5.1
3.6.0
3.6.1
3.6.2
3.6.3
3.6.4
3.7.0
3.7.1
3.7.2
3.7.3
3.7.4
3.8.0
3.8.1
3.8.2
3.9.1
3.9.2
3.9.3
3.10.0
3.10.1
4.*
4.0.0
4.0.1
4.0.2
4.1.0
4.1.1
4.2.0
4.2.1
4.3.0
4.3.1
4.4.0
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.5.0
4.6.0
4.6.1
4.6.2
4.6.3
4.6.4
4.6.5
4.6.6
4.6.7
4.6.8
4.6.9
4.6.10
4.6.11
5.*
5.0.0
5.0.1
5.1.0
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.1.3
5.2.0
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.2.4
5.3.0
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.3
5.3.4
5.3.5
5.4.0
5.4.1
5.4.2
5.4.3
6.*
6.0.0rc1
6.0.0
6.0.1
6.0.2
6.1.0
6.1.1
6.1.2
6.2.0
6.2.1
6.2.2
6.2.3
6.2.4
6.2.5
7.*
7.0.0rc1
7.0.0
7.0.1
7.1.0
7.1.1
7.1.2
7.1.3
7.2.0
7.2.1
7.2.2
7.3.0
7.3.1
7.3.2
7.4.0
7.4.1
7.4.2
7.4.3
7.4.4
8.*
8.0.0rc1
8.0.0rc2
8.0.0
8.0.1
8.0.2
8.1.0
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.2.0
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.3.0
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.3.3
8.3.4
8.3.5
8.4.0
8.4.1
8.4.2
9.*
9.0.0
9.0.1
9.0.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/01/GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g/GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g.json"