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🛡️ CVE-2023-0481 — quarkus

🟢 CVSS 3.3 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-378 NVD
3.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

RestEasy Reactive implementation of Quarkus allows Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions

In RestEasy Reactive implementation of Quarkus the insecure File.createTempFile() is used in the FileBodyHandler class which creates temp files with insecure permissions that could be read by a local user.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-0481 is classified as CWE-378: Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions. Opening temporary files without appropriate measures or controls can leave the file, its contents and any function that it impacts vulnerable to attack.

Affected software

CVE-2023-0481 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive:resteasy-reactive-common (fixed in 3.0.0.Alpha4)
  • quarkus (fixed in 2.16.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 February 2023 and last revised on 16 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-378: Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions) in other software:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 3.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-378
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-02-24
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2024-02-16

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
io.quarkus.resteasy.reactive:resteasy-reactive-common — 3.0.0.Alpha4
quarkus — 2.16.1

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