etcd — security advisory
In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, certain directory paths are created (etcd data directory and the directory path when provided to automatically generate self-signed certificates for TLS connections with clients) with restricted access permissions (700) by using the os.MkdirAll. This function does not perform any permission checks when a given directory path exists already. A possible workaround is to ensure the directories have the desired permission (700).
- Products
- etcd
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.3.25+dfsg-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-15113
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10, certain directory paths are created (etcd data directory and the directory path when provided to automatically generate self-signed certificates for TLS connections with clients) with restricted access permissions (700) by using the os.MkdirAll. This function does not perform any permission checks when a given directory path exists already. A possible workaround is to ensure the directories have the desired permission (700).
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15113
etcd
Fixed versions: 3.3.25+dfsg-5
etcd
Fixed versions: 3.3.25+dfsg-5
etcd
Fixed versions: 3.3.25+dfsg-5
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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