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
1,058 results · Feed
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Low 3.3
A flaw in Node.js Permission API can cause a file metadata to be modified even on a path that was set as read-only with…
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High 8.1
Warp may allow terminal output to access the local clipboard through OSC 52
Warp is an agentic development environment. From 0.2021.04.25.23.05.stable_00 until 0.2026.05.06.15.42.stable_01, Warp allows terminal output to request access to the local system clipboard. A malicious remote host, remote program, or other attacker-controlle…
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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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High 8.8
Incorrect permissions in ArubaSign by Aruba
Incorrect default permissions in ArubaSign, affecting versions prior to v4.6.6. The vulnerability is caused by the assignment of inappropriate permissions during the software’s default installation, whereby the main executable and other programme files locate…
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Low 3.3
Browserbase Skills Autobrowse Trace Artifact default permission
A security flaw has been discovered in Browserbase Skills up to 20260526. This impacts an unknown function of the component Autobrowse Trace Artifact Handler. The manipulation results in incorrect default permissions. The attack requires a local approach. The…
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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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High 8.8
Apache ActiveMQ: Authenticated low-privilege Web users retain Jolokia broker-management capability by default
Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ. This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: before 5.19.7, from 6.0.0 before 6.2.6. The default Jolokia authorization settings granted non-admin (low-privilege) web-login accounts access to Jolokia opera…
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Low 3.5
Incorrect handling of permissions in External Interface Config Item List module
An incorrect handling of permissions in OTRS External Interface and the ConfigItem List module allows an authenticated customer to query the system for CI information. Please note that CMDB has to be anabled and CustomerGroupSupport has to be used to be affec…
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Low 3.5
Wrong Permission Handling in Document Search Article Meta Filters
An incorrect handling of permissions in STORM powered by OTRS and in OTRS (2026.x and above) Document Search Article Meta Filters modules allows gaining knowledge about number of affected CIs, SLA and services without gaining access to them. This issue affect…
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High 8.5
Insecure default permissions in Portainer CE
Insecure default settings of Portainer CE grant regular (non-admin) users privileges that allow host filesystem access and host-level code execution. An authenticated non-administrative user with endpoint access can exploit these settings to read host files o…
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High 7.8
Local Privilege Escalation in Canonical Multipass
An issue was discovered in Canonical Multipass for macOS before version 1.16.3 due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2025-5199. While the patch in version 1.16.0 updated the ownership of the multipassd daemon binary to root:wheel, five co-located binaries (multipa…
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High 7.8
Incorrect Default Permissions in CODESYS Development System
The affected product extracts installation files to a temporary directory with incorrect default permissions during administrative installation. A low-privileged local attacker can exploit a TOCTOU race condition with a practical time window to replace verifi…
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High 7.8
Incorrect Default Permissions in CODESYS Development System
The affected product creates a directory with insecure default permissions during administrative installation. This allows a low-privileged local attacker to modify a temporary file defining the components to be installed, enabling local privilege escalation …
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High 8.4
Splinterware System Scheduler Pro 5.12 Privilege Escalation
Splinterware System Scheduler Pro 5.12 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability that allows low-privilege users to escalate privileges by modifying service executable files. Attackers can rename the WService.exe file in the installation directory a…
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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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High 8.1
Windmill < 1.703.2 Incorrect Default Permissions in nsjail Configuration
Windmill prior to 1.703.2 contains an incorrect default permissions vulnerability in nsjail sandbox configuration files where /etc is bind-mounted without read-write restrictions, allowing authenticated users to write arbitrary entries to /etc/hosts, /etc/res…
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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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High 8.5
Incorrect default permissions in the installation directory for the AMD chipset driver could allow an attacker to achie…
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High 7.0
Incorrect default permissions in the installation directory for the AMD general-purpose input/output controller (GPIO) …
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Low 3.1
CSS Injection vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP
Due to improper input handling under certain conditions, SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP allows an attacker to inject custom Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) data into a web page served by the application. When a user accesses or clicks the affected page, t…
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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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High 7.5
ChatMemory DEFAULT_CONVERSATION_ID causes unintended cross-user data leakage
Spring AI's chat memory component contained a problematic default that, when not explicitly overridden, could result in unintended data exposure between users.
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High 7.8
Local privilege escalation to SYSTEM in Cribl Edge for Windows
A vulnerability chain in Cribl Edge for Windows before 4.17.1 allows a local authenticated user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Incorrect default permissions on the Windows installer's authentication directory (CWE-276) expose a cryptographic s…
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High 8.5
Local Privilege Escalation in pcvisit service client
Incorrect Default Permissions in pcvisit service binary on Windows allows a low-privileged local attacker to escalate their privileges by overwriting the service binary with arbitrary contents. This service binary is automatically launched with NT\SYSTEM priv…
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High 8.2
HKUDS OpenHarness Insecure Default Remote Channel Allowlist
HKUDS OpenHarness prior to PR #147 remediation contains an insecure default configuration vulnerability where remote channels inherit allow_from = ["*"] permitting arbitrary remote senders to pass admission checks. Attackers who can reach the configured chann…
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High 8.8
HKUDS OpenHarness Plugin Management Command Exposure
HKUDS OpenHarness prior to PR #156 remediation exposes plugin lifecycle commands including /plugin install, /plugin enable, /plugin disable, and /reload-plugins to remote senders by default. Attackers who gain access through the channel layer can remotely man…
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High 7.8
SKYSEA Client View and SKYMEC IT Manager provided by Sky Co.,LTD. configure the installation folder with improper file …
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High 8.4
Missing Authorization in Configuration Ajax Endpoint leads to Information Disclosure
Missing Authorization vulnerability allows Exposure of Sensitive Information via configuration endpoint. This issue affects Pandora FMS: from 777 through 800
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High 7.8
Samsung MagicINFO 9 Server Incorrect Default Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability This issue affects Ma…
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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…