CVE-2026-12345

Race condition in tempfile.TemporaryDirectory cleanup allows deleting files outside the temporary directory

CVE-2026-12345 is fixed in 35 products on 3 platforms, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12345, released October 16, 2026. 11 other affected products have no fix yet. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 3 platforms
CVSS
8.1
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0034
28th percentile

The cleanup of tempfile.TemporaryDirectory is vulnerable to a race condition. An attacker who can modify the tree during cleanup can replace a directory with a symbolic link, causing files outside of the temporary directory to be deleted or have their permissions and file flags reset, with the privileges of the process performing the cleanup. Note that platforms where shutil.rmtree.avoids_symlink_attacks is false, remain affected, and file flags may still be reset outside of the tree on all platforms.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Python 3.14 3.14.9 Python 3.14 3.14.9 Oct 21, 2026
Linux
platform-python · RHEL 8 0:3.6.8-79.el8_10 RHSA-2026:85239 Oct 20, 2026
platform-python · almalinux 8 3.6.8-79.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:85239 Nov 7, 2026
platform-python · ol 8 0:3.6.8-79.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-85239 Nov 7, 2026
platform-python-debug · RHEL 8 0:3.6.8-79.el8_10 RHSA-2026:85239 Oct 20, 2026
platform-python-debug · almalinux 8 3.6.8-79.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:85239 Nov 7, 2026
platform-python-debug · ol 8 0:3.6.8-79.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-85239 Nov 7, 2026
platform-python-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.6.8-79.el8_10 RHSA-2026:85239 Oct 20, 2026
platform-python-devel · almalinux 8 3.6.8-79.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:85239 Nov 7, 2026
platform-python-devel · ol 8 0:3.6.8-79.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-85239 Nov 7, 2026
python-unversioned-command · RHEL 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RHSA-2026:89742 Oct 27, 2026
python-unversioned-command · almalinux 9 3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 ALSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
python-unversioned-command · ol 9 0:3.9.25-7.0.1.el9_8.6 ELSA-2026-89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3 · RHEL 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RHSA-2026:89742 Oct 27, 2026
python3 · almalinux 9 3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 ALSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3 · ol 9 0:3.9.25-7.0.1.el9_8.6 ELSA-2026-89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3 · rocky 8 0:3.6.8-79.el8_10.rocky.0 RLSA-2026:85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-debug · RHEL 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RHSA-2026:89742 Oct 27, 2026
python3-debug · almalinux 9 3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 ALSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-debug · ol 9 0:3.9.25-7.0.1.el9_8.6 ELSA-2026-89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-devel · RHEL 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RHSA-2026:89742 Oct 27, 2026
python3-devel · almalinux 9 3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 ALSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-devel · ol 9 0:3.9.25-7.0.1.el9_8.6 ELSA-2026-89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-idle · RHEL 8 0:3.6.8-79.el8_10 RHSA-2026:85239 Oct 20, 2026
python3-idle · RHEL 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RHSA-2026:89742 Oct 27, 2026
python3-idle · almalinux 8 3.6.8-79.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-idle · almalinux 9 3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 ALSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-idle · ol 8 0:3.6.8-79.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-idle · ol 9 0:3.9.25-7.0.1.el9_8.6 ELSA-2026-89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-libs · RHEL 8 0:3.6.8-79.el8_10 RHSA-2026:85239 Oct 20, 2026
python3-libs · RHEL 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RHSA-2026:89742 Oct 27, 2026
python3-libs · almalinux 8 3.6.8-79.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-libs · almalinux 9 3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 ALSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-libs · ol 8 0:3.6.8-79.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-libs · ol 9 0:3.9.25-7.0.1.el9_8.6 ELSA-2026-89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-test · RHEL 8 0:3.6.8-79.el8_10 RHSA-2026:85239 Oct 20, 2026
python3-test · RHEL 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RHSA-2026:89742 Oct 27, 2026
python3-test · almalinux 8 3.6.8-79.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-test · almalinux 9 3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 ALSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-test · ol 8 0:3.6.8-79.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-test · ol 9 0:3.9.25-7.0.1.el9_8.6 ELSA-2026-89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-tkinter · RHEL 8 0:3.6.8-79.el8_10 RHSA-2026:85239 Oct 20, 2026
python3-tkinter · RHEL 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RHSA-2026:89742 Oct 27, 2026
python3-tkinter · almalinux 8 3.6.8-79.el8_10.alma.1 ALSA-2026:85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-tkinter · almalinux 9 3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 ALSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3-tkinter · ol 8 0:3.6.8-79.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-85239 Nov 7, 2026
python3-tkinter · ol 9 0:3.9.25-7.0.1.el9_8.6 ELSA-2026-89742 Nov 7, 2026
python3.12 · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.12-debug · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.12-debuginfo · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.12-debugsource · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.12-devel · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.12-idle · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.12-libs · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.12-test · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.12-tkinter · Fedora 43 3.12.16-2.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4E3279AF04 Nov 8, 2026
python3.13 · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-debug · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-debuginfo · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-debugsource · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-devel · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-freethreading · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-freethreading-debug · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-idle · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-libs · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-test · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.13-tkinter · Fedora 43 3.13.18-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-D6B8383232 Nov 7, 2026
python3.14 · Debian 14 3.14.9-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12345 Oct 16, 2026
python3.15 · Debian 14 3.15.0~rc3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12345 Oct 16, 2026
python3.9 · rocky 9 0:3.9.25-7.el9_8.6 RLSA-2026:89742 Nov 7, 2026
No fix yet
Python 2 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.10 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.11 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.12 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.13 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.5 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.6 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.7 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.8 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python 3.9 (Windows apps) No fix yet no-fix n/a
Python3 (macOS) No fix yet no-fix n/a

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