Medium6.8Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Denial of Service or Privilege Escalation via insecure temporary directory handling
CVE-2025-71176 Published Jan 22, 2026
CVE-2025-71176
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
Denial of Service or Privilege Escalation via insecure temporary directory handling. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.8). Weakness: CWE-379. Affected package(s): pytest-main. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:8580 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected versions
- pytest-main-9.0.3-1.hum1
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 hours ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:8580
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Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:8580 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 hours ago·verify at source
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