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

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

Severity: medium
Date: 11/6/2026
Affecting: gitleaks <= 8.30.1
CVE: CVE-2026-124039
CWE: CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CVSS: 4.8
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: GitHub Issue #2299
https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/blob/v8.30.1/cmd/root.go#L474
Credit: George Chen
Description: 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.

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