Insecure temporary file in mix deps.partition lets a local user execute code in another user's dependency build (elixir-lang elixir)

CVE-2026-97209
MEDIUM 5.4

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.11 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
EEF
NVD status
Deferred

Description

Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in Mix deps.partition in Elixir allows a local user to execute code as another user via a swapped partition config file. Partitioned dependency compilation passes the project configuration to each partition VM through a file in a fixed-name directory under the shared system temporary directory, and the partition trusts what it reads back. Another local user on the same host can exploit this during a mix deps.compile run that uses partitioned compilation. Mix.Tasks.Deps.Partition.server/4 in lib/mix/lib/mix/tasks/deps.partition.ex creates the directory with File.mkdir_p/1, which accepts an existing directory without checking its owner, so a user who created it first can replace the file before client/0 reads it. This issue affects mix: from 1.20.0-rc.4 before 1.20.5.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-377 — DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.4CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NEEF
CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.4CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XNVD · 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db (Secondary)

European references

Affected products

ProductVersions
elixir-lang · elixiraffected 1.20.0-rc.4 < 1.20.5
elixir-lang · elixiraffected 7f3d95b60c28ae3026a5c1bf943166391245bfd1 < *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD