High
Security advisory
In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-10345
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Phusion Passenger before 5.1.0, a known /tmp filename was used during passenger-install-nginx-module execution, which could allow local attackers to gain the privileges of the passenger user.
osv:CVE-2016-10345
Complete source record
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