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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-15716

WTF before 0.19.0 does not set the permissions of config.yml, which might make it easier for local attackers to read passwords or API keys if the permissions were misconfigured or were based on unsafe OS defaults.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:01 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-15716

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Aug 2019, 15:15 UTC

WTF before 0.19.0 does not set the permissions of config.yml, which might make it easier for local attackers to read passwords or API keys if the permissions were misconfigured or were based on unsafe OS defaults.

osv:CVE-2019-15716
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15716",
  "method": "structured",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:25.287673148Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/issues/517",
        "https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0",
        "https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/blob/67658e172c9470e93e4122d6e2c90d01db12b0ac/cfg/config_files.go#L71-L72"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383634,
  "published_at": "2019-08-28T15:15:10.927+00:00"
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