Description
The nohup utility in uutils coreutils creates its default output file, nohup.out, without specifying explicit restricted permissions. This causes the file to inherit umask-based permissions, typically resulting in a world-readable file (0644). In multi-user environments, this allows any user on the system to read the captured stdout/stderr output of a command, potentially exposing sensitive information. This behavior diverges from GNU coreutils, which creates nohup.out with owner-only (0600) permissions.
References
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10021
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10021
CVSS impact metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.3 · Low
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Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-22T17:16:40.423Z
5 months agoLast modified
2026-06-17T10:40:28.297Z
3 months ago