Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-32810

LPE in Halloy ≤ 2026.4

Public PoCLPE
Published
20 March 2026
Modified
23 March 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 4.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0018 7th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-32810 is a medium-severity Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732) vulnerability in Halloy Halloy. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Credentials In Files (T1552.001); ranked at the 7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-28 (Protection of Information at Rest) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Halloy is an IRC application written in Rust. In versions on \*nix and macOS prior to commit f180e41061db393acf65bc99f5c5e7397586d9cb, halloy creates its config directory and files using default umask permissions, which typically results in `0644` on files and `0755` on directories.…

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This allows any local user on the system to read plaintext credentials stored in `config.toml` or referenced `password_file` paths. Commit f180e41061db393acf65bc99f5c5e7397586d9cb patches the issue.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access
Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials.
Why these techniques?

Vulnerability directly exposes plaintext credentials in config files via weak default permissions (CWE-732), enabling local adversaries to read them from disk.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-32733Same product: Halloy Halloy
CVE-2025-68462Shared CWE-732
CVE-2026-9651Shared CWE-732
CVE-2025-70342Shared CWE-732
CVE-2026-1344Shared CWE-732
CVE-2026-45246Shared CWE-732
CVE-2026-13769Shared CWE-732
CVE-2026-35367Shared CWE-732
CVE-2026-40462Shared CWE-732
CVE-2026-32315Shared CWE-732

Affected Assets

halloy
halloy
≤ 2026.4

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 7 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires protection of confidentiality of sensitive information (credentials) at rest, which the CVE violates via world-readable file permissions.

prevent

Enforces approved authorizations for access to information by ensuring file-system permissions prevent unauthorized local users from reading config.toml or password_file.

prevent

Requires least-privilege access rights so that only the owning user can read credential files created by the application.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Directly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing access permissions and least privilege on resources.

PR.PS-01 mostly match
prevents

Hardened baselines and configuration management explicitly include correct permission settings for critical resources.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

By requiring owners to determine and document the exact permissions needed for each asset, the control reduces the likelihood that default or overly permissive file and resource permissions will be left in place.

prevents

Documented provisioning and revocation procedures reduce the chance that critical resources retain overly permissive default or leftover permissions after personnel changes.

prevents

Documented authorization, expiry rules, and audit logging of privileged accounts make it harder for critical resources to retain overly permissive or stale permission assignments.

prevents

Requiring explicit configuration of access controls and permissions for files, applications and services counters the assignment of overly permissive default or incorrect file-system rights.

prevents

Enforcing differentiated permissions on the source-code repository and program listings stops the assignment of overly broad default or inherited permissions to critical resources.

prevents

By defining and enforcing secure permission settings in configuration templates, the control reduces the likelihood that critical resources receive incorrect permission assignments.

References