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CVE-2023-0482 RESTEasy

Affected softwareRESTEasy
Severity5.5 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in6.2.3.Final, 5.0.6.Final, 4.7.8.Final, 3.15.5.Final
WeaknessCWE-378
Published17 Feb 2023
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

In RESTEasy the insecure File.createTempFile() is used in the DataSourceProvider, FileProvider and Mime4JWorkaround classes which creates temp files with insecure permissions that could be read by a local user.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. The 1 repository below are public GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed, none at 5+ stars
  • EPSS 0.26% chance in 30 days

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
GitHub PoC Cybersecurity vulnerability analysis of CVE-2023-0482, including NVD details, patch information, Cyber Kill Chain mapping, and mitigation recommendations 2026-10-21

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: resteasy/resteasy #3409.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory
Finding This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.
Candidate fix https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/pull/3409/commits/807d7456f2137cde8ef7c316707211bf4e542d56 : a pull request: the change under review

CVSS

5.5 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CISA-ADP Secondary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-core 6.0.0.Beta1 6.2.3.Final unbounded
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-core 5.0.0.Alpha1 5.0.6.Final unbounded
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-core 4.0.0.Beta1 4.7.8.Final unbounded
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-multipart-provider 6.0.0.Beta1 6.2.3.Final unbounded
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-multipart-provider 5.0.0.Alpha1 5.0.6.Final unbounded
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-multipart-provider 4.0.0.Beta1 4.7.8.Final unbounded
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-multipart-provider 0 3.15.5.Final unbounded
org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-core 0 3.15.5.Final unbounded

Products and versions

5 products, 14 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd netapp active iq unified manager generic any version
nvd netapp oncommand workflow automation generic any version
osv org.jboss.resteasy resteasy-core generic < 3.15.5 · ≥ 4.0.0 and < 4.7.8 · ≥ 5.0.0 and < 5.0.6 · ≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.2.3
osv org.jboss.resteasy resteasy-multipart-provider generic < 3.15.5 · ≥ 4.0.0 and < 4.7.8 · ≥ 5.0.0 and < 5.0.6 · ≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.2.3
nvd redhat resteasy generic 3.15.4 · 4.7.7 · 5.0.5 · 6.2.2

References

URLTags
https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/pull/3409/commits/807d7456f2137cde8ef7c316707211bf4e542d56 pr
https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/security/advisories/GHSA-2c6g-pfx3-w7h8 WEB
https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/pull/3409 WEB
https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/pull/3410 WEB
https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/pull/3412 WEB
https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/pull/3413 WEB
https://github.com/resteasy/resteasy/pull/3423 WEB
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2166004 WEB
https://github.com/orgs/resteasy/discussions/3415 WEB
https://github.com/orgs/resteasy/discussions/3504 WEB

Timeline

Published2023-02-17By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.