NIXPKGS-2026-1201

GitHub issue published 2 months ago

Permalink CVE-2026-28684

6.6 MEDIUM

CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
User Interaction (UI): Required (R)
Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality (C): None (N)
Integrity (I): High (H)
Availability (A): High (H)
Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
Modified User Interaction (MUI): Required (R)
Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
Modified Availability (MA): High (H)

updated 2 months ago by @LeSuisse Activity log

Created suggestion 2 months ago
@LeSuisse accepted 2 months ago
@LeSuisse published on GitHub 2 months ago

python-dotenv: Symlink following in set_key allows arbitrary file overwrite via cross-device rename fallback

python-dotenv reads key-value pairs from a .env file and can set them as environment variables. Prior to version 1.2.2, `set_key()` and `unset_key()` in python-dotenv follow symbolic links when rewriting `.env` files, allowing a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted symlink when a cross-device rename fallback is triggered. Users should upgrade to v.1.2.2 or, as a workaround, apply the patch manually.