CVE-2026-104618

The sdbootutil script creates a debug log at /var/log/sdbootutil.log with world-readable permissions. This misconfiguration allows arbitrary low-privileged users on the system to access and extract sensitive secrets from the log file. No specific remediation or exploit details are provided in the...

CVE-2026-95667 MISP Installer Log and FIFO Created World-Readable, Exposing Sensitive Credentials

The MISP installer scripts for Debian 12, Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04, and RHEL 9.4 create a log file at /var/log/mispinstall.log and a named pipe FIFO at /var/log/mispinstall.log.pipe to capture all installer output. The log captures highly sensitive data including the generated admin password,...

SUSE-SU-2026:1063-1 Security update for frr

This update for frr fixes the following issues: Security issues: - CVE-2025-61099: NULL Pointer Dereference in FRRouting bsc1252838. - CVE-2025-61100: NULL Pointer Dereference in FRRouting bsc1252829. - CVE-2025-61101: NULL Pointer Dereference in FRRouting bsc1252833. - CVE-2025-61102: NULL Point...

Exploit for Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Facebook Below

CVE-2025-27591 Below v0.9.0 PoC Privilege Escalation Expl...

SUSE CVE-2025-27591

A privilege escalation vulnerability existed in the Below service prior to v0.9.0 due to the creation of a world-writable directory at /var/log/below. This could have allowed local unprivileged users to escalate to root privileges through symlink attacks that manipulate files such as /etc/shadow...

World Writable Directory in /var/log/below Allows Local Privilege Escalation

Below is a tool for recording and displaying system data like hardware utilization and cgroup information on Linux. Symlink Attack in /var/log/below/errorroot.log Below's systemd service runs with full root privileges. It attempts to create a world-writable directory in /var/log/below. Even if th...

RUSTSEC-2025-0149 World Writable Directory in /var/log/below Allows Local Privilege Escalation

Below is a tool for recording and displaying system data like hardware utilization and cgroup information on Linux. Symlink Attack in /var/log/below/errorroot.log Below's systemd service runs with full root privileges. It attempts to create a world-writable directory in /var/log/below. Even if th...

CVE-2025-27591

A privilege escalation vulnerability existed in the Below service prior to v0.9.0 due to the creation of a world-writable directory at /var/log/below. This could have allowed local unprivileged users to escalate to root privileges through symlink attacks that manipulate files such as /etc/shadow...

CVE-2025-27591: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

A privilege escalation vulnerability existed in the Below service prior to v0.9.0 due to the creation of a world-writable directory at /var/log/below. This could have allowed local unprivileged users to escalate to root privileges through symlink attacks that manipulate files such as /etc/shadow...

What is the maximum length of a log entry in var/log/ns.log

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CVE-2022-3261: Plaintext Storage of a Password

A flaw was found in OpenStack. Multiple components show plain-text passwords in /var/log/messages during the OpenStack overcloud update run, leading to a disclosure of sensitive information problem...

PT-2023-13087 · Openstack · Openstack

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: OpenStack affected versions not specified Description: A flaw was found in OpenStack, where multiple components show plain-text passwords in /var/log/messages during the OpenStack overcloud update run, leading to a disclosure of sensitive...

syslog configuration on NetScaler only sends var/log/ns.log to outside syslog server.

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CVE-2021-3429

When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user...

K26890535: libcgroup vulnerability CVE-2018-14348

Security Advisory Description libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information. CVE-2018-14348 Impact There is no impact; F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability. Security Advisory Status F...

K43404365: BIG-IP APM logs may contain random data after the APM session ID

Security Advisory Description The BIG-IP APM system may log random data after the APM session ID in the /var/log/apm logs. An additional 24 bytes of random information may be logged after the APM session ID. This issue occurs when the following condition is met: You use the ACCESS::log command in...

K31757417: The BIG-IP APM system may log passwords in plaintext when the Debug log level is enabled

Security Advisory Description This issue occurs when all of the following conditions are met: You enable the Debug log level for the access policy. You configure the access policy on the BIG-IP APM system with either of the following: Citrix Login prompt with two-factor authentication Logon page...

SUSE CVE-2009-4033

A certain Red Hat patch for acpid 1.0.4 effectively triggers a call to the open function with insufficient arguments, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file, cause a denial of service by overwriting this...

SUSE CVE-2009-4235

acpid 1.0.4 sets an unrestrictive umask, which might allow local users to leverage weak permissions on /var/log/acpid, and obtain sensitive information by reading this file or cause a denial of service by overwriting this file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4033...

SUSE CVE-2012-5638

The setuplogging function in log.h in SANLock uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/sanlock.log, which allows local users to overwrite the file content or bypass intended disk-quota restrictions via standard filesystem write operations...