{"id":"GHSA-chh6-ppwq-jh92","summary":"Improper Preservation of Permissions in etcd","details":"### Vulnerability type\nAccess Controls\n\n### Detail\netcd creates certain directory paths (etcd data directory and the directory path when provided to automatically generate self-signed certificates for TLS connections with clients) with restricted access permissions (700) by using the os.MkdirAll. This function does not perform any permission checks when a given directory path exists already.\n### Specific Go Package Affected\ngithub.com/etcd-io/etcd/pkg/fileutil\n### Workarounds\nMake sure these directories have the desired permit (700).\n\n### References\nFind out more on this vulnerability in the [security audit report](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/master/security/SECURITY_AUDIT.pdf)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Contact the [etcd security committee](https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/master/security/security-release-process.md#product-security-committee-psc)","aliases":["BIT-etcd-2020-15113","CVE-2020-15113"],"modified":"2026-07-17T21:13:36.702777128Z","published":"2024-01-30T23:54:26Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2024-01-30T23:54:26Z","nvd_published_at":"2020-08-05T20:15:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-281"],"severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-chh6-ppwq-jh92"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15113"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/6be5c54c94298ae6746a574d2af8227d0c9a998b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/e5424fc474b274c9e6b5205165015bc2035745f2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L6B6R43Y7M3DCHWK3L3UVGE2K6WWECMP"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/etcd-io/etcd","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/etcd-io/etcd"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"3.4.0-rc.0"},{"fixed":"3.4.10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-chh6-ppwq-jh92/GHSA-chh6-ppwq-jh92.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/etcd-io/etcd","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/etcd-io/etcd"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.23"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-chh6-ppwq-jh92/GHSA-chh6-ppwq-jh92.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}