Description
There exists a race condition between the deletion of the temporary file and the creation of the temporary directory in `webkit` subproject of HTML/Java API version 1.7. A similar vulnerability has recently been disclosed in other Java projects and the fix in HTML/Java API version 1.7.1 follows theirs: To avoid local privilege escalation version 1.7.1 creates the temporary directory atomically without dealing with the temporary file: https://github.com/apache/netbeans-html4j/commit/fa70e507e5555e1adb4f6518479fc408a7abd0e6
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Apache NetBeans HTML/Java API | v1.7 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | netbeans | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | netbeans | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | netbeans | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | netbeans | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | netbeans | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | netbeans | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | netbeans | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | netbeans | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.netbeans.html:pom | < 1.7.1 | 1.7.1 | GHSA-ppc3-fpvh-7396 |