Description
A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Various Sources
https://securedrop.org/news/2_5_1-security-advisory/
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.215972
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
24.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (1)
freedom/securedrop
< 2.5.1
Published
Dec 16, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026