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secret file is created with excessive permissions

Moderate
jreiberkyle published GHSA-j5fj-rfh6-qj85 May 12, 2023

Package

pip planet (pip)

Affected versions

=<2.0.0

Patched versions

2.0.1

Description

Impact

The secret file stores the user's Planet API authentication information. It should only be accessible by the user, but its permissions allowed the user's group and non-group to read the file as well.

Validation

Check the permissions on the secret file with ls -l ~/.planet.json and ensure that they read as -rw-------

Patches

d71415a8

Workarounds

Set the secret file permissions to only user read/write by hand:

chmod 600 ~/.planet.json

Severity

Moderate
5.2
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-32303

Weaknesses