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certctl: Enforce 0444 mode on new files
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Authored by ivy on Jul 17 2026, 3:21 PM.
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Summary

When writing to a file, call fchmod() to ensure the file mode matches
the intended mode, which is 0444. This was already done when replacing
an existing file, but not when creating a new file, which meant if the
process umask was 077, the resulting certificates and bundle would be
unreadable by unprivileged users.

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