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#unix

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Latest Signals (3)

The Lab · 2026-04-16 05:22:36 · GitHub Issues

1. Pytest v9 Security Flaw: CVE-2025-71176 Exposes UNIX Systems to Local Privilege Escalation Risk

A critical security vulnerability, CVE-2025-71176, has been identified in the widely-used Python testing framework, pytest, affecting versions through 9.0.2 on UNIX systems. The flaw centers on the framework's predictable use of directories named `/tmp/pytest-of-{user}`, creating a potential vector for local users to e...

The Lab · 2026-04-26 08:54:08 · GitHub Issues

2. pytest CVE-2025-71176: UNIX Temp Directory Flaw Exposes Systems to DoS, Privilege Escalation Risk

A critical security vulnerability in the pytest testing framework through version 9.0.2 has been identified, prompting an urgent update to version 9.0.3. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-71176, stems from pytest's reliance on predictable temporary directory naming conventions on UNIX systems, specifically directories foll...

The Lab · 2026-05-07 10:31:40 · GitHub Issues

3. Shell Injection Vulnerability Exposed in Unix GitOperations::exec via popen

A high-severity shell injection vulnerability has been identified in the Unix implementation of `GitOperations::exec` within `src/git/operations.cpp`. The method constructs shell commands using `popen` with string-interpolated arguments, directly incorporating user-supplied parameters such as branch names and commit me...