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CVE-2021-23331

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-23331 affects all versions of the com.squareup:connect package, where the prepareDownloadFile method creates temporary files with insecure permissions (-rw-r--r--) in a shared system temporary directory on Unix-like systems. This allows other local users to view the contents of files downloaded by downloadFileFromResponse. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3 (LOW), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in a low impact on confidentiality without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and the affected SDK version is end-of-life, with a recommended upgrade to the latest version or a workaround involving setting java.io.tmpdir to a secure location.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squareup:connect_java_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,509 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-q4hm-fwc9-hmv6low

Insecure temporary file used in com.squareup:connect

Jun 16, 2021

References

github.com / square/connect-java-sdk/blob/master/src/main/java/com/squareup/connect/ApiClient.java%23L613
Broken Link
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMSQUAREUP-1065988
Third Party Advisory