GHSA-9gcf-pq99-rjw3

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    GHSA-9gcf-pq99-rjw3

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary: RPLY Predictable Tmpfile Names Allows Cache Spoofing

    Details: The parser cache functionality in parsergenerator.py in RPLY (aka python-rply) before 0.7.1 allows local users to spoof cache data by pre-creating a temporary rply-*.json file with a predictable name.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1604, https://github.com/alex/rply/commit/fc9bbcd25b0b4f09bbd6339f710ad24c129d5d7c, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90593, https://github.com/alex/rply, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/rply/PYSEC-2014-117.yaml, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/rply/PYSEC-2014-17.yaml, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735263, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/17/8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/18/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rply

    Purl: pkg:pypi/rply

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.7.1

    Affected versions

    0.5
    0.5.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High