Gitleaks through 8.30.1 contains an incorrect permission assignment vulnerability that allows local users to read scan reports because cmd/root.go creates the --report-path file with os.Create and default permissions. Unless --redact is passed, other local users on shared hosts or CI runners can read plaintext secrets and matching lines to obtain discovered credentials.
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| Description | Gitleaks through 8.30.1 contains an incorrect permission assignment vulnerability that allows local users to read scan reports because cmd/root.go creates the --report-path file with os.Create and default permissions. Unless --redact is passed, other local users on shared hosts or CI runners can read plaintext secrets and matching lines to obtain discovered credentials. | |
| Title | Gitleaks through 8.30.1 World-Readable Report Files via --report-path | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-732 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-06T19:14:48.275Z
Reserved: 2026-11-06T19:08:41.309Z
Link: CVE-2026-124039
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-06T20:17:22.037
Modified: 2026-11-06T20:17:22.037
Link: CVE-2026-124039
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Updated: 2026-11-06T20:45:07Z
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