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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-29465

SageMath FlintQS 1.0 relies on pathnames under TMPDIR (typically world-writable), which (for example) allows a local user to overwrite files with the privileges of a different user (who is running FlintQS).

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8 Nov 2026, 03:02 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2023-29465

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Apr 2023, 00:00 UTC

SageMath FlintQS 1.0 relies on pathnames under TMPDIR (typically world-writable), which (for example) allows a local user to overwrite files with the privileges of a different user (who is running FlintQS).

osv:CVE-2023-29465
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29465",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2023-29465",
    "summary": "SageMath FlintQS 1.0 relies on pathnames under TMPDIR (typically world-writable), which (for example) allows a local user to overwrite files with the privileges of a different user (who is running FlintQS).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-29465",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/sagemath/flintqs",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
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                }
              ],
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                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sagemath:flintqs:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.0"
                      }
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                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:53.321229044Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29465.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29465",
        "https://github.com/sagemath/FlintQS/issues/3",
        "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/35419"
      ],
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-29465",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 522040,
  "published_at": "2023-04-06T00:00:00+00:00"
}