Insecure Temporary File Affecting com.fasterxml.util:java-merge-sort package, versions [,1.1.0)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (15th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-COMFASTERXMLUTIL-3227926
  • published 11 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 11 Jan 2023
  • credit Jonathan Leitschuh

How to fix?

Upgrade com.fasterxml.util:java-merge-sort to version 1.1.0 or higher.

Overview

com.fasterxml.util:java-merge-sort is a package for basic configurable disk-backed N-way merge sort

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Temporary File. in the StdTempFileProvider() function in StdTempFileProvider.java, which uses the permissive File.createTempFile() function, exposing temporary file contents.