The product creates a temporary file in a directory whose permissions allow unintended actors to determine the file's existence or otherwise access that file.
Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-379 and their average CVSS base score over time.
Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.
59 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-14551HIGH The servereye client (also known as sensorhub, technically ClientAgentContainerService) versions 20.15 and earlier are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation. The high-privileged | Jul 22, 2026 | 8.8 | 38 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-42191HIGH OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol is the OTLP (OpenTelemetry Protocol) exporter implementation. From 1.8.0 to 1.15.2, the OTLP disk retry feature in OpenTelemetry.Export | May 12, 2026 | 7.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-7539HIGH A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Accessory WMI Provider installer for some HP Docking Stations, which might allow escalation of privilege and/or arb | Jun 24, 2026 | 7.3 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-54328HIGH Pi is a minimal terminal coding harness. From 0.74.0 until 0.78.1, Pi versions with temporary npm or git extension package installs used predictable paths under the operating syste | Jun 23, 2026 | 7.3 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-27148HIGH Gradle is a build automation tool, and its native-platform tool provides Java bindings for native APIs. On Unix-like systems, the system temporary directory can be created with ope | Feb 25, 2025 | 8.8 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-6080HIGH Lakeside Software’s SysTrack LsiAgent Installer version 10.7.8 for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability which allows attackers SYSTEM level access. | Oct 18, 2024 | 7.8 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-26396HIGH Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 23.001.20093 (and earlier) and 20.005.30441 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions vulnera | Apr 12, 2023 | 7.8 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-46388MEDIUM osquery is a SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics framework. Prior to 5.23.1, an unprivileged attacker can read the contents of an osquery file c | Jul 10, 2026 | 4.4 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-71176MEDIUM 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. | Jan 22, 2026 | 6.8 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-21612HIGH Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 22.003.20282 (and earlier), 22.003.20281 (and earlier) and 20.005.30418 (and earlier) are affected by a Creation of Temporary File in Directory with I | Jan 18, 2023 | 7.8 | 25 | NO | NO |
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