CVE-2026-50267CWE-312CWE-732

Steeltoe: TLS private keys written to /tmp with default permissions, never deleted

Medium · published June 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. In Steeltoe.Configuration.Abstractions 4.0.0 through 4.1.0, when MySQL or PostgreSQL service bindings from `VCAP_SERVICES` include TLS client credentials, the Connectors library writes those credentials to temporary files in `Path.GetTempPath()` using `File.CreateText`. On Linux, `File.CreateText` creates files with mode `0644` (world-readable) under the process umask, and the files are never deleted. The same key material is protected at mode `0400` in `/proc/<pid>/environ`. Steeltoe.Configuration.Abstractions version 4.2.0 patches the issue. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, prevent other processes from running in the container under a different UID with access to `/tmp`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00085 · 0.3th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-312 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information; CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Published
2026-06-17T21:57Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 JUN 21:57Z
    Steeltoe: TLS private keys written to /tmp with default permissions, never deleted
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