Insecure permissions in Chocolatey PHP package v8.1.12 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the subfolder C:\tools\php81 and all files located in that folder.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
4.3 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)