Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-15716
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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