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# `executable-is-not-world-readable`

All executables should be readable by any user. Since anyone can download the Debian package and obtain a copy of the executable, no security is gained by making the executable unreadable even for setuid binaries. If only members of a certain group may execute this file, remove execute permission for world, but leave read permission.

Severity: | `warning`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- Permissions and owners (Section 10.9) in the Debian Policy Manual

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag