Weakness (CWE)
CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design, Operation
The architecture needs to access and modification attributes for files to only those users who actually require those actions.
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Architecture and Design
Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
Source: MITRE CWE-276
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Medium 5.5
Vikunja before 2.7.1 World-Readable Local File Storage and SQLite Database
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows local users to read stored data because localStorage.Write creates blobs world-readable. Local attackers on a shared host can read attachments, project backgrounds and export…
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Medium 6.2
Vikunja before 2.7.1 Insecure Permissions on Dump Archive via vikunja dump
Vikunja before 2.7.1 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows local users to read dump archives created with umask permissions by the vikunja dump command. Local attackers on a shared host can read the world-readable zip in the rootpath…
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Medium —
Strands Agents: Default FileSessionManager storage is world-readable on shared systems
There is a local confidentiality issue in the default `FileSessionManager` storage behavior. By default it writes session data under `/tmp/strands/sessions` and relies on the process umask for directory and file permissions. On systems using the common `umask…
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Medium 5.5
Vulnerability in the Oracle Product Lifecycle Analytics product of Oracle Supply Chain (component: Installation Issues)…
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Medium 5.5CVE-2026-85300 Public exploit
Apache Camel: Camel-PQC Private Key Disclosure via Key Material Written with Default File Permissions
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Apache Camel PQC component. This issue affects Apache Camel: from 4.12.0 before 4.18.5, from 4.19.0 before 4.22.1. When the component wrote generated key material to disk it did so with the permissions the proces…
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Medium 5.4
Insecure Permissions on Shared Startup Scripts Allow Cross-User Code Execution and Potential Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability due to incorrect permissions in TSplus Remote Access shared login scripts. The autostart1.tscr files, located in the shared themes directory, allow users without sufficient privileges to write to them. A local attacker with a valid session on th…
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Medium 6.5
obsidian-tc fail-open default ACL exposes Obsidian control-directory secrets
obsidian-tc is a governed, agent-ready Model Context Protocol server for Obsidian vaults. Prior to 1.3.1, undefined readPaths and writePaths settings allow all paths, strictReadDefault does not protect direct requests, and the .obsidian, .git, and .trash cont…
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Medium 5.5
Insecure Default File Permissions on Cached Credentials in AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
Insecure file permissions in the CodeCatalyst connection handler in AWS Toolkit for VS Code before 4.10.0 allowed local users to obtain CodeCatalyst bearer tokens via reading world-readable token cache files. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to ve…
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Medium 5.5
Velociraptor privilege escalation via SysmonLogForward client monitoring artifact
Velociraptor allows collection of VQL queries packaged into Artifacts from endpoints. These artifacts can be used to do anything and usually run with elevated permissions. To limit access to some dangerous artifact, Velociraptor allows for those to require hi…
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Medium 6.2
Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Concert Software
IBM Concert 1.0.0 through 3.0.0 is vulnerable to improper access control which allows unauthorized modification of application files.
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Medium 5.5
Dell Command | Integration Suite for System Center, versions prior to 6.7.2, contain an Incorrect Default Permissions v…
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Medium 5.5
Dell Command | Intel vPro Out of Band, versions prior to 4.7.2, contain an Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability.…
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Medium 5.9
Incorrect Default Permissions in WatchDog Anti-Virus Installation Directory
Incorrect default permissions in the installation directory of WatchDog Anti-Virus on Windows allow local, low-privileged users to modify, replace, or delete antivirus binaries and configuration files, because the installer grants the Users group Full Control…
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Medium 5.5
Nextflow: Incorrect default permissions in the nextflow auth login command
Nextflow is a DSL for data-driven computational pipelines. From 25.09.2-edge until 25.10.6 and 26.04.3, nextflow auth login writes Seqera Platform OIDC bearer tokens to ${NXF_HOME:-~/.nextflow}/seqera-auth.config through AuthCommandImpl.writeConfig in plugins…
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Medium 6.2
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Insecure File Permissions
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 contain an insecure file permissions vulnerability in the desktop GUI that writes decrypted plaintext with world-readable default permissions. Attackers can read decrypted output files created by the GUI as unprivileged l…
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Medium 6.6
Kenwood DNR1007XR USB Incorrect Default Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Kenwood DNR1007XR USB Incorrect Default Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Kenwood DNR1007XR devices. An attacker must first obtain t…
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Medium 4.7
HCL AION is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities.
HCL AION is affected by a vulnerability where the shared storage used by product components is architected without sufficient access separation. Processes sharing the storage may be able to access or modify files beyond their intended scope, potentially resul…
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Medium 6.8
WhatsUp Gold versions prior to 26.0.2 excessive file system permissions allows a privileged attacker to write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.
In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2026.0.2, a privileged attacker can write arbitrary files to a web-accessible location on the host server.
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Medium 5.5
turso-cli persists Turso platform JWT with world-readable (0o644) file permissions
Turso CLI is the command line interface (CLI) to the open-source database Turso. Versions prior to 1.0.26 persist the user's Turso platform JWT to `settings.json` using Viper's default `configPermissions` of `0o644`, leaving the credential file world-readable…
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Medium 4.3
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.2.16593 default role configuration exposed excessive user profile details
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Medium 5.5
Nuxt - Arbitrary File Read via World-Connectable vite-node IPC Socket on Linux
Nuxt 4.0.0 before 4.4.7 and 3.18.0 before 3.21.7, when running the development server (nuxt dev) on Linux, binds the vite-node IPC server to an abstract-namespace Unix socket without permission restrictions, allowing local users to enumerate and connect. Unpr…
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Medium 5.5
Hermes Agent < 0.16.0 - Sensitive File Permission Vulnerability in Store Files
Hermes Agent before 0.16.0 creates response_store.db and webhook_subscriptions.json with world-readable permissions (mode 0o644), exposing conversation history and HMAC secrets to local users. Attackers with local filesystem access can read these files direct…
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Medium 6.8
Netskope Client Service Insufficient Access Controls
Netskope is notified about a potential gap in its Netskoped Client for Windows systems where a malicious insider with admin privileges can lead to bypassing the NSClient Tamper Protections due to weak Discretionary Access Control List (DACLs) on the service o…
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Medium 5.5
OpenClaw 2026.4.23 < 2026.4.24 - Insecure File Permissions in Config Recovery via OpenClaw.json
OpenClaw 2026.4.23 before 2026.4.24 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability in config recovery that restores OpenClaw.json with overly broad permissions. Local attackers on shared hosts can read sensitive configuration data by exploiting the recov…
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Medium 6.7
Incorrect default permissions issue exists in Optical Disc Archive Software for Windows 5.5.3 and earlier. If this vuln…
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Medium 5.5
Insecure Permissions on Authentication Token Cache File in Kiro IDE
Incorrect default permissions in Kiro IDE on macOS and Linux before version 0.11.133 could expose the authentication token cache file to other local users or processes via world-readable permissions (0644) instead of owner-restricted permissions (0600). To re…
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Medium 5.3
Dell PowerFlex Manager, version(s) <=4.6.2, contain(s) an Exposure of Information Through Directory Listing vulnerabili…
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Medium 6.5
Incorrect default permissions vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation
Incorrect default permissions vulnerability in Progress Software MOVEit Automation allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects MOVEit Automation: before 2025.0.11, from 2025.1.0 before 2025.1.7.
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Medium 6.9
Insecure default configuration state of DDR5 memory module by AGESA Bootloader Firmware could allow an attacker with lo…
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Medium 6.8
Hiseeu C90 v5.7.15 is vulnerable to Insecure Permissions. The UART bootloader is accessible when battery is disconnecte…
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Medium 5.4
Incorrect default permissions for some Intel(R) NPU Driver software installers before version 32.0.100.4511 within Ring…
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Medium 6.4
Rhpam: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Red Hat Process Automation Manager images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execut…
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Medium 6.4
Osus-operator: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain OpenShift Update Service (OSUS) images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execute c…
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Medium 6.4
Web-terminal: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Web Terminal images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execute commands within an a…
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Medium 6.4
Mce: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execut…
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Medium 6.4
Ansible-automation-platform: privilege escalation via excessive group writable /etc/passwd permissions
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain Ansible Automation Platform images. This issue arises from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during the build process. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execu…
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Medium 4.8
Claude SDK for Python: Insecure Default File Permissions in Local Filesystem Memory Tool
The Claude SDK for Python provides access to the Claude API from Python applications. From version 0.86.0 to before version 0.87.0, the local filesystem memory tool in the Anthropic Python SDK created memory files with mode 0o666, leaving them world-readable …
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Medium 5.8
Wazuh Manager authd service Improper SSL/TLS Renegotiation Handling leading to Denial of Service
Wazuh Manager authd service in wazuh-manager packages through version 4.7.3 contains an improper restriction of client-initiated SSL/TLS renegotiation vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending excessive renegotiation r…
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Medium 5.8
SSL/TLS Renegotiation DoS in Wazuh Manager authd service
Wazuh Manager authd service in wazuh-manager packages through version 4.7.3 contains an improper restriction of client-initiated SSL/TLS renegotiation vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending excessive renegotiation r…
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Medium 6.2
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 File Path Manipulation Vulnerability
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 contains a file path manipulation vulnerability that allows attackers to access arbitrary files by modifying file paths used to retrieve local resources. Attackers can manipulate path parameters to bypass access controls and retrieve …