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Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions

CWE-278 · Variant · Incomplete

A product inherits a set of insecure permissions for an object, e.g. when copying from an archive file, without user awareness or involvement.

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Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
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CVEs With This Weakness

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CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-6265
CVECVE-2025-2947
CVECVE-2024-38531
CVECVE-2024-37769
CVECVE-2024-36538
CVECVE-2023-38497
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