CVE-2019-15716

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-08-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

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.

Affected products

Wtfutil Wtf: before 0.19.0 — fixed in 0.19.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wtfutil Wtf 0.19.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/blob/67658e172c9470e93e4122d6e2c90d01db12b0ac/cfg/config_files.go#L71-L72
https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0
https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/issues/517
https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/blob/67658e172c9470e93e4122d6e2c90d01db12b0ac/cfg/config_files.go#L71-L72
https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0
https://github.com/wtfutil/wtf/issues/517

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