CVE-2026-48722
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWEs
- CWE-276, CWE-732
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-92qf-fcph-v5wr | Maven | io.nextflow:nextflow | >=25.09.2-edge <25.10.6 | 25.10.6 |
| GHSA-92qf-fcph-v5wr | Maven | io.nextflow:nextflow | >=26.00.0-edge <26.04.3 | 26.04.3 |
References
- https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/commit/41a5f24afec8a6e9769a24cae5e08b5462fbfdc1
- https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/commit/a2813c610a3e7f13d7a0a0b1b543b7ad47586eaa
- https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/pull/7182
- https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/releases/tag/v25.10.6
- https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/releases/tag/v26.04.3