CVSS 3.1
6.8 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LCVE-2025-71176
Medium (6.8). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in pytest 9.0.3.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-379
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-6w46-j5rx-g56g | PyPI | pytest | <9.0.3 | 9.0.3 |
| PYSEC-2026-1845 | PyPI | pytest | <9.0.3 | 9.0.3 |