diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 55a1fac13e..0b8dddd9e7 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ func Load(path string) (c Global, err error) {
 //	c.Verbose = true
 //	c.Write(config.File())
 func (c Global) Write(path string) (err error) {
-	bb, _ := yaml.Marshal(&c) // Marshaling no longer errors; this is back compat
-	return os.WriteFile(path, bb, os.ModePerm)
+	bb, _ := yaml.Marshal(&c)           // Marshaling no longer errors; this is back compat
+	return os.WriteFile(path, bb, 0600) // Owner read/write only for security
 }
 
 // Apply populated values from a function to the config.
@@ -218,10 +218,10 @@ func RepositoriesPath() string {
 // ~/.config/func
 // ~/.config/func/repositories
 func CreatePaths() (err error) {
-	if err = os.MkdirAll(Dir(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+	if err = os.MkdirAll(Dir(), 0755); err != nil { // rwxr-xr-x for directories
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating global config path: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err = os.MkdirAll(RepositoriesPath(), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+	if err = os.MkdirAll(RepositoriesPath(), 0755); err != nil { // rwxr-xr-x for directories
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating global config repositories path: %v", err)
 	}
 	return
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_permissions_test.go b/pkg/config/config_permissions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c29f438da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/config/config_permissions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestWrite_FilePermissions verifies that config files are written with
+// secure permissions (0600) instead of overly permissive 0777.
+func TestWrite_FilePermissions(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("File permission tests not applicable on Windows")
+	}
+
+	// Create a temporary directory for testing
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	configPath := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "config.yaml")
+
+	// Create a config and write it
+	cfg := New()
+	cfg.Builder = "test-builder"
+	cfg.Registry = "test-registry"
+
+	err := cfg.Write(configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to write config: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check file permissions
+	info, err := os.Stat(configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to stat config file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	mode := info.Mode().Perm()
+	expectedMode := os.FileMode(0600)
+
+	if mode != expectedMode {
+		t.Errorf("Config file has incorrect permissions: got %o, want %o", mode, expectedMode)
+	}
+
+	// Verify the file is readable and writable by owner
+	if mode&0400 == 0 {
+		t.Error("Config file is not readable by owner")
+	}
+	if mode&0200 == 0 {
+		t.Error("Config file is not writable by owner")
+	}
+
+	// Verify the file is NOT accessible by group or others
+	if mode&0040 != 0 {
+		t.Error("Config file is readable by group (should not be)")
+	}
+	if mode&0020 != 0 {
+		t.Error("Config file is writable by group (should not be)")
+	}
+	if mode&0004 != 0 {
+		t.Error("Config file is readable by others (should not be)")
+	}
+	if mode&0002 != 0 {
+		t.Error("Config file is writable by others (should not be)")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestCreatePaths_DirectoryPermissions verifies that config directories
+// are created with appropriate permissions (0755).
+func TestCreatePaths_DirectoryPermissions(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("File permission tests not applicable on Windows")
+	}
+
+	// Set up a temporary XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", tmpDir)
+
+	// Create the paths
+	err := CreatePaths()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create paths: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check directory permissions
+	configDir := Dir()
+	info, err := os.Stat(configDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to stat config directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	mode := info.Mode().Perm()
+	expectedMode := os.FileMode(0755)
+
+	if mode != expectedMode {
+		t.Errorf("Config directory has incorrect permissions: got %o, want %o", mode, expectedMode)
+	}
+
+	// Check repositories directory permissions
+	repoDir := RepositoriesPath()
+	info, err = os.Stat(repoDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to stat repositories directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	mode = info.Mode().Perm()
+	if mode != expectedMode {
+		t.Errorf("Repositories directory has incorrect permissions: got %o, want %o", mode, expectedMode)
+	}
+}