[3.9] gh-118486: Support mkdir(mode=0o700) on Windows (GH-118488) (GH-118741)

Co-authored-by: Łukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 35a7e1e..1d10ae7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1929,6 +1929,10 @@ features:
    platform-dependent.  On some platforms, they are ignored and you should call
    :func:`chmod` explicitly to set them.
 
+   On Windows, a *mode* of ``0o700`` is specifically handled to apply access
+   control to the new directory such that only the current user and
+   administrators have access. Other values of *mode* are ignored.
+
    This function can also support :ref:`paths relative to directory descriptors
    <dir_fd>`.
 
@@ -1943,6 +1947,9 @@ features:
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.9.20
+      Windows now handles a *mode* of ``0o700``.
+
 
 .. function:: makedirs(name, mode=0o777, exist_ok=False)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
index 1756a37..9383047 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -613,6 +613,13 @@ Added :func:`os.waitstatus_to_exitcode` function:
 convert a wait status to an exit code.
 (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`40094`.)
 
+As of 3.9.20, :func:`os.mkdir` and :func:`os.makedirs` on Windows now support
+passing a *mode* value of ``0o700`` to apply access control to the new
+directory. This implicitly affects :func:`tempfile.mkdtemp` and is a
+mitigation for CVE-2024-4030. Other values for *mode* continue to be
+ignored.
+(Contributed by Steve Dower in :gh:`118486`.)
+
 pathlib
 -------
 
@@ -704,6 +711,14 @@ Previously, :attr:`sys.stderr` was block-buffered when non-interactive. Now
 ``stderr`` defaults to always being line-buffered.
 (Contributed by Jendrik Seipp in :issue:`13601`.)
 
+tempfile
+--------
+
+As of 3.9.20 on Windows, the default mode ``0o700`` used by
+:func:`tempfile.mkdtemp` now limits access to the new directory due to
+changes to :func:`os.mkdir`. This is a mitigation for CVE-2024-4030.
+(Contributed by Steve Dower in :gh:`118486`.)
+
 tracemalloc
 -----------