Description
Nextflow is a DSL for data-driven computational pipelines. From 25.09.2-edge until 25.10.6 and 26.04.3, nextflow auth login writes Seqera Platform OIDC bearer tokens to ${NXF_HOME:-~/.nextflow}/seqera-auth.config through AuthCommandImpl.writeConfig in plugins/nf-tower/src/main/io/seqera/tower/plugin/auth/AuthCommandImpl.groovy without setting restrictive file permissions, allowing the default umask 022 to create the file with mode 0644. On a multi-user POSIX host, a local user who can traverse the victim's home directory can read seqera-auth.config and impersonate the victim against Seqera Platform within the token's scope. Single-user systems and headless CI runners that do not use the interactive login flow are not affected. This issue is fixed in 25.10.6 and 26.04.3.
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-92qf-fcph-v5wr nextflow auth login command has incorrect default permissions
History

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description Nextflow is a DSL for data-driven computational pipelines. From 25.09.2-edge until 25.10.6 and 26.04.3, nextflow auth login writes Seqera Platform OIDC bearer tokens to ${NXF_HOME:-~/.nextflow}/seqera-auth.config through AuthCommandImpl.writeConfig in plugins/nf-tower/src/main/io/seqera/tower/plugin/auth/AuthCommandImpl.groovy without setting restrictive file permissions, allowing the default umask 022 to create the file with mode 0644. On a multi-user POSIX host, a local user who can traverse the victim's home directory can read seqera-auth.config and impersonate the victim against Seqera Platform within the token's scope. Single-user systems and headless CI runners that do not use the interactive login flow are not affected. This issue is fixed in 25.10.6 and 26.04.3.
Title Nextflow: Incorrect default permissions in the nextflow auth login command
Weaknesses CWE-276
CWE-732
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:07:45.568Z

Reserved: 2026-05-22T18:47:27.756Z

Link: CVE-2026-48722

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T15:17:16.020

Modified: 2026-09-15T15:17:16.020

Link: CVE-2026-48722

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-276

    Incorrect Default Permissions

  • CWE-732

    Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource