On Windows a directory returned by tempfile.mkdtemp() would not always have permissions set to restrict reading and writing to the temporary directory by other users, instead usually inheriting the correct permissions from the default location. Alternate configurations or users without a profile directory may not have the intended permissions. If you’re not using Windows or haven’t changed the temporary directory location then you aren’t affected by this vulnerability. On other platforms the returned directory is consistently readable and writable only by the current user. This issue was caused by Python not supporting Unix permissions on Windows. The fix adds support for Unix “700” for the mkdir function on Windows which is used by mkdtemp() to ensure the newly created directory has the proper permissions.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-4030 is rated Low Risk (36.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.03% | 0.30% | +0.27% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.05% | 0.03% | -0.03% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.2 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2024-4030 unimportant priority: Debian including 3 source packages (python2.7, python3.11, python3.9), 3 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 3. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-4030 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4030/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2024-4030 medium priority: Ubuntu including 10 source packages (python2.7, python3.10, …), 59 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 31, not-affected 18, needs-triage 10. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-4030 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||