CVE-2021-21428 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2021-21428

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions in the OpenAPI-Generator online generator

Vulnerability Description

Openapi generator is a java tool which allows generation of API client libraries (SDK generation), server stubs, documentation and configuration automatically given an OpenAPI Spec. openapi-generator-online creates insecure temporary folders with File.createTempFile during the code generation process. The insecure temporary folders store the auto-generated files which can be read and appended to by any users on the system. The issue has been patched with `Files.createTempFile` and released in the v5.1.0 stable version.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

OpenAPITools

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Affected Software

openapi-generator
Vulnerable Versions:
< 5.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 10th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)