{"id":"CVE-2025-71176","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-71176","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:19:09.612Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2026-01-22T05:16:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:03:48.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-379"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00154,"percentile":0.04448,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/13669","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/21/5","source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71176","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}