CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-49484

MediumCVSS 5.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

Code for IBM i is a Visual Studio Code extension for maintaining and compiling ILE languages on the IBM i platform. Prior to 3.0.1, src/ui/views/objectBrowser.ts stores Object Browser downloads and the edit-save flow content in the shared /tmp directory without reliable cleanup. On systems where /tmp is accessible to other local accounts, file contents remain readable after download or editing operations. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.1.

Risk Assessment

Other local users could read sensitive data from downloaded or edited files, leading to information disclosure.

Recommendation

Update the Code for IBM i extension to version 3.0.1 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Code for IBM i is a Visual Studio Code extension for maintaining and compiling ILE languages on the IBMi platform. Prior to 3.0.1, src/ui/views/objectBrowser.ts stores Object Browser downloads and the edit-save flow content in the shared /tmp directory without reliable cleanup. On systems where /tmp is accessible to other local accounts, file contents remain readable after download or editing operations. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS