Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-278

Allowed

Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Incomplete

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A product inherits a set of insecure permissions for an object, e.g. when copying from an archive file, without user awareness or involvement.

5 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2026-71477 (GCVE-0-2026-71477)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 15:22 – Updated: 2026-08-18 15:32
VLAI
Title
mise: Incorrect file ownership, when installed by the root user using `install.sh`
Summary
mise manages dev tools like node, python, cmake, and terraform. Prior to 2026.7.1, release tar archives record mise/bin/mise with user and group ID 1001 and packaging/standalone/install.envsubst extracts and moves it without normalizing ownership, allowing a local user with those IDs to replace a root-installed executable, especially when MISE_INSTALL_PATH targets a shared location such as /usr/local/bin. This issue is fixed in version 2026.7.1.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 15:32 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-278 - Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jdx mise Affected: < 2026.7.1
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CVE-2026-6265 (GCVE-0-2026-6265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-27 13:00 – Updated: 2026-04-27 13:58
VLAI
Title
Local Privilege Escalation in Cerberus FTP Server =< 2025.4.2
Summary
Insecure preserved inherited permissions vulnerability in Cerberus FTP Server on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue has been resolved in Cerberus FTP Server: 2026.1
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-27 13:58 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-278 - Insecure preserved inherited permissions
Assigner
NCSC-FI CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cerberus Cerberus FTP Server Affected: 0 , ≤ 2025.4.2 (custom)
Unaffected: 2026.1
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Date Public
2026-04-27 11:00
Credits
Sharan Patil with Reversec
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CVE-2025-2947 (GCVE-0-2025-2947)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-17 17:10 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:28
VLAI
Title
IBM i privilege escalation
Summary
IBM i 7.6  contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect profile swapping in an OS command.  A malicious actor can use the command to elevate privileges to gain root access to the host operating system.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-22 03:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-278 - Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
Assigner
ibm CNA
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7231025 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM i Affected: 7.6
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:i:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2024-38531 (GCVE-0-2024-38531)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-28 13:18 – Updated: 2024-08-02 04:12
VLAI
Title
Nix sandbox escape
Summary
Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. A build process has access to and can change the permissions of the build directory. After creating a setuid binary in a globally accessible location, a malicious local user can assume the permissions of a Nix daemon worker and hijack all future builds. This issue was patched in version(s) 2.23.1, 2.22.2, 2.21.3, 2.20.7, 2.19.5 and 2.18.4.
Severity
3.6 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-05 15:26 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-278 - Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA
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Vendor Product Version
NixOS nix Affected: >= 2.23.0, < 2.23.1
Affected: >= 2.22.0, < 2.22.2
Affected: >= 2.21.0, < 2.21.3
Affected: >= 2.20.0, < 2.20.7
Affected: >= 2.19.0, < 2.19.5
Affected: >= 2.18.0, < 2.18.4
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CVE-2023-38497 (GCVE-0-2023-38497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-04 15:51 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:01
VLAI
Title
Cargo not respecting umask when extracting crate archives
Summary
Cargo downloads the Rust project’s dependencies and compiles the project. Cargo prior to version 0.72.2, bundled with Rust prior to version 1.71.1, did not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems. If the user downloaded a crate containing files writeable by any local user, another local user could exploit this to change the source code compiled and executed by the current user. To prevent existing cached extractions from being exploitable, the Cargo binary version 0.72.2 included in Rust 1.71.1 or later will purge caches generated by older Cargo versions automatically. As a workaround, configure one's system to prevent other local users from accessing the Cargo directory, usually located in `~/.cargo`.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-08 18:02 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-278 - Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
rust-lang cargo Affected: < 0.72.2
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rust-lang cargo Affected: 0 , < 0.72.2 (custom)
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Mitigation MIT-1
Architecture and Design Operation

Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.

Mitigation MIT-46
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Separation of Privilege

  • Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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