CVE-2024-55566

6.6 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (6.6). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ColPack 1.0.10 through 9a7293a has a predictable temporary file (located under /tmp with a name derived from an unseeded RNG). The impact can be overwriting files or making ColPack graphing unavailable to other users.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.6 medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 12% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-335
Published: 2024-12-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225617
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/335.html
https://github.com/CSCsw/ColPack/blob/9a7293a8dfd66a60434496b8df5ebb4274d70339/src/Utilities/extra.cpp#L184-L190

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