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GHSA-w7jw-q4fg-qc4c

HighCVSS 7.1 / 10
Published May 24, 2023·Last modified Feb 4, 2026
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Description

Summary

When building packages directly from source control, file permissions on the checked-in files are not maintained.

Details

When building packages directly from source control, file permissions on the checked-in files are not maintained. When nfpm packaged the files (without extra config for enforcing its own permissions) files could go out with bad permissions (chmod 666 or 777).

PoC

Create a default nfpm structure.

Within the test folder, create 3 files named chmod-XXX.sh. Each script has file permissions set corresponding with their file names (chmod-777.sh = chmod 777). Below each file and permissions can be seen.

$ ls -lart test 
total 24
-rwxrwxrwx   1 user  group   11 May 19 13:15 chmod-777.sh
-rw-rw-rw-   1 user  group   11 May 19 13:16 chmod-666.sh
drwxr-xr-x   5 user  group  160 May 19 13:19 .
-rw-rw-r--   1 user  group   11 May 19 13:19 chmod-664.sh
drwxr-xr-x  10 user  group  320 May 19 13:29 ..

Below is the snippet nfpm configuration file of the contents of the package. The test folder and files has no extra config for enforcing permissions.

contents:
- src: foo-binary
  dst: /usr/bin/bar
- src: bar-config.conf
  dst: /etc/foo-binary/bar-config.conf
  type: config
- src: test
  dst: /etc/test/scripts

The next step is to create a deb package.

$ nfpm package -p deb # Create dep package
using deb packager...
created package: foo_1.0.0_arm64.deb

When on a Ubuntu VM, install the foo package which was created

$ sudo dpkg -i foo_1.0.0_arm64.deb # Installing deb package within Ubuntu
Selecting previously unselected package foo.
(Reading database ... 67540 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack foo_1.0.0_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking foo (1.0.0) ...
Setting up foo (1.0.0) ...

Looking at /etc/test/scripts and viewing the permissions. Permissions are passed exactly the same as the source.

$ ls -lart /etc/test/scripts
total 20
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   11 May 22 12:15 chmod-777.sh
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root   11 May 22 12:16 chmod-666.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root   11 May 22 12:19 chmod-664.sh
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 22 13:00 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 22 13:00 .

Solution

To prevent world-writable files from making it into the packages, add the ability to override the default permissions of packaged files using a umask config option in the packaging spec file. This feature in nfpm would allow applying a global umask across any files being packaged, therefore, with the correct configuration, preventing world-writable files without needing to list permissions on each and every file in the package

Impact

Vulnerability is https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Anyone using nfpm for creating packages and not checking/setting file permissions before packaging could result in bad permissions for files/folders.

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.1

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
6.5

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.38%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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