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CVE-2026-124039

Gitleaks through 8.30.1 World-Readable Report Files via --report-path

Products / packages gitleaks

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 14/11/2026, 22:00:33 UTC
VulnCheck · CVSS:4.0 · 4.8
Assessment vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VulnCheck · CVSS:3.1 · 3.3
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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Severity

medium4.8

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

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Remediation

Fix status not established

No structured fix or guidance is available here. Check the latest publisher advisory.

What this means

Gitleaks through 8.30.1 has an incorrect permission assignment vulnerability, allowing local users to read scan reports and potentially obtain credentials. The --report-path file is created with default permissions. Local users on shared hosts or CI runners can read plaintext secrets unless --redact is used.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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gitleaks · VulnCheck

gitleaks

1 range
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Package identity

pkg:golang/github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8Explore github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/v8 →

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affected

0 → through 8.30.1

semver versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unaffected

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What to do

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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Gitleaks through 8.30.1 contains an incorrect permission assignment vulnerability that allows local users to read scan reports because cmd/root.go creates the --report-path file with os.Create and default permissions. Unless --redact is passed, other local users on shared hosts or CI runners can read plaintext secrets and matching lines to obtain discovered credentials.

References

4 sources
gitleaks/gitleaks · issues/2299
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gitleaks/gitleaks · repository
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gitleaks/gitleaks · root.go
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www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitleaks-through-8.30.1-world-readable-report-files-via-report-path
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Inside the record

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Original records

CVE-2026-124039

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-732 ↗

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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Contributing organizations · 2
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Assigning organization

2026-11-06
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-11-09

Timeline

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  1. Advisory published

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  2. Source updated

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  3. Last imported by cve.new

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What changed

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  1. CVE · CVE-2026-124039

    Observed 2026-11-09T13:25:51.008Z · upstream updated 2026-11-09T13:17:23.098Z

    Prioritization updated

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    after

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  {
    "source": "CISA-ADP",
    "type": "SSVC",
    "role": "CISA Coordinator",
    "timestamp": "2026-11-09T13:17:13.541197Z",
    "decisions": [
      {
        "name": "Exploitation",
        "value": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Automatable",
        "value": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Technical Impact",
        "value": "partial"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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