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== Sensitive Code Example

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file = open("/tmp/temporary_file","w+") # Sensitive
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tmp_dir = os.environ.get('TMPDIR') # Sensitive
file = open(tmp_dir+"/temporary_file","w+")
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== Compliant Solution

[source,python]
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import tempfile

file = tempfile.TemporaryFile(dir="/tmp/my_subdirectory", mode='"w+") # Compliant
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== See

* OWASP - https://owasp.org/Top10/A01_2021-Broken_Access_Control/[Top 10 2021 Category A1 - Broken Access Control]
* OWASP - https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A5_2017-Broken_Access_Control[Top 10 2017 Category A5 - Broken Access Control]
* OWASP - https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A3_2017-Sensitive_Data_Exposure[Top 10 2017 Category A3 - Sensitive Data Exposure]
* CWE - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/377[CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File]
* CWE - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/379[CWE-379 - Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions]
* https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/Insecure_Temporary_File[OWASP, Insecure Temporary File]
* https://docs.python.org/3/library/tempfile.html[Python tempfile module]
* STIG Viewer - https://stigviewer.com/stig/application_security_and_development/2023-06-08/finding/V-222567[Application Security and Development: V-222567] - The application must not be vulnerable to race conditions.


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