From fd81246bd55e4fab1976a7cca3e5d42582dbdac0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Gregory P. Smith" <68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:31:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] gh-137335: remove a mktemp use in multiprocessing.connection
 to avoid security scanner noise (GH-148578)

remove a mktemp use to avoid security scanner noise
---
 Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
index 9ce996c9ccd2..e37ec07d722c 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import os
 import sys
 import socket
 import struct
-import tempfile
 import time
 
 
@@ -77,7 +76,11 @@ def arbitrary_address(family):
     if family == 'AF_INET':
         return ('localhost', 0)
     elif family == 'AF_UNIX':
-        return tempfile.mktemp(prefix='sock-', dir=util.get_temp_dir())
+        # NOTE: util.get_temp_dir() is a 0o700 per-process directory. A
+        # mktemp-style ToC vs ToU concern is not important; bind() surfaces
+        # the extremely unlikely collision as EADDRINUSE.
+        return os.path.join(util.get_temp_dir(),
+                            f'sock-{os.urandom(6).hex()}')
     elif family == 'AF_PIPE':
         return (r'\\.\pipe\pyc-%d-%d-%s' %
                 (os.getpid(), next(_mmap_counter), os.urandom(8).hex()))
-- 
2.47.3