Cyber Posture

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-378Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions

Abstraction: Base · CVEs in our corpus: 44

Opening temporary files without appropriate measures or controls can leave the file, its contents and any function that it impacts vulnerable to attack.

Last updated: 09 May 2026 03:25 UTC

NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (0)AI

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
No NIST controls proposed yet.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2024-398721.99.60.00482024-07-09
CVE-2021-294281.88.80.00092021-04-13
CVE-2025-271481.88.80.00052025-02-25
CVE-2025-324381.88.80.00062025-04-15
CVE-2026-335721.78.40.00012026-03-29
CVE-2016-94851.67.80.00222018-07-13
CVE-2021-253141.67.80.00032021-04-14
CVE-2022-244111.67.80.00052022-04-12
CVE-2024-420521.67.80.00032024-07-28
CVE-2024-73581.67.80.00062024-08-01
CVE-2025-387471.67.80.00022025-08-06
CVE-2025-49531.57.40.00032025-09-16
CVE-2025-76471.57.30.00022025-09-27
CVE-2025-466851.57.50.00012026-01-13
CVE-2020-272161.47.00.00092020-10-23
CVE-2021-14261.47.00.00052021-05-06
CVE-2021-14271.47.00.00052021-05-06
CVE-2021-14281.47.00.00052021-05-06
CVE-2021-14291.47.00.00052021-05-06
CVE-2021-14301.47.00.00052021-05-06
CVE-2021-14961.47.00.00152021-05-06
CVE-2026-48221.47.00.00012026-03-25
CVE-2021-281681.36.20.00192021-04-22
CVE-2021-256541.36.20.00212021-06-25
CVE-2024-525431.36.50.00022024-12-25