GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet
GHSA-rxrh-4j9h-xgg9 Steeltoe: TLS private keys written to /tmp with default permissions, never deleted
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-50267
- Ecosystem
- NuGet
- Packages
- Steeltoe.Configuration.Abstractions
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-312, CWE-732
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-02
Affected packages
• NuGet Steeltoe.Configuration.Abstractions: >= 4.0.0, < 4.2.0 → fixed in 4.2.0
Description
Summary
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//environ`.
Impact
Any process co-located in the container that runs as a different UID can read the TLS client private key from `/tmp` and use it to impersonate the application when connecting to the backing database over mutual TLS.
Affected configuration
• Application is deployed on Cloud Foundry or another environment that populates `VCAP_SERVICES` with a MySQL or PostgreSQL service binding that includes `sslKey` credentials.
• A process running as a different UID shares the container's filesystem.
Mitigations
If an immediate upgrade is not possible, prevent other processes from running in the container under a different UID with access to `/tmp`.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-50267 Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. vulnerability