CVE-2019-15716

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2019-15716 · Published 28/08/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-15716 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting wtf (wtfutil).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.46%, higher than 39.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.19.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wtf wtfutil	`< 0.19.0`	`0.19.0`

Description

WTF before 0.19.0 does not set the permissions of config.yml, which might make it easier for local attackers to read passwords or API keys if the permissions were misconfigured or were based on unsafe OS defaults.

References

wtfutil/wtf · Exploit
wtfutil/wtf · Patch
wtfutil/wtf · Third Party Advisory

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