Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting numpy package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-NUMPY-9890229
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed5 Feb 2014

Introduced: 5 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-1858  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 numpy.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream numpy package and not the numpy package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

init.py in f2py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1