diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 403a0beca5..a79c9fe41c 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Introduced `snowflake.cli.api.console.cli_console` object with helper methods for intermediate output.
 
 ## Fixes and improvements
+* Restricted permissions of automatically created files
 
 
 # v2.0.0
diff --git a/src/snowflake/cli/app/__init__.py b/src/snowflake/cli/app/__init__.py
index ca00d12d11..be574caea6 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/cli/app/__init__.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/cli/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 import logging
+import os
 
 # Suppress logging from Snowflake connector
 logging.getLogger("snowflake").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+
+# Restrict permissions of all created files
+os.umask(0o077)
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index f96a190ff2..cbd16dcf73 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from snowflake.cli.api.exceptions import MissingConfiguration
 
 from tests.testing_utils.fixtures import *
+from tests.testing_utils.files_and_dirs import assert_file_permissions_are_strict
 
 
 def test_empty_config_file_is_created_if_not_present():
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ def test_empty_config_file_is_created_if_not_present():
         config_init(config_file)
         assert config_file.exists() is True
 
+        assert_file_permissions_are_strict(config_file)
+
 
 @mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True)
 def test_get_connection_from_file(test_snowcli_config):
diff --git a/tests/test_logs.py b/tests/test_logs.py
index 9b8a9670c7..0b1e42f99a 100644
--- a/tests/test_logs.py
+++ b/tests/test_logs.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from snowflake.cli.api.exceptions import InvalidLogsConfiguration
 
 from tests.conftest import clean_logging_handlers
+from tests.testing_utils.files_and_dirs import assert_file_permissions_are_strict
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -199,3 +200,9 @@ def test_incorrect_log_level_in_config(setup_config_and_logs):
             e.message == "Invalid 'level' value set in [logs] section: funny_level."
             " 'level' should be one of: DEBUG / INFO / WARNING / ERROR / CRITICAL"
         )
+
+
+def test_log_files_permissions(setup_config_and_logs):
+    with setup_config_and_logs(save_logs=True) as logs_path:
+        print_log_messages()
+        assert_file_permissions_are_strict(_get_logs_file(logs_path))
diff --git a/tests/testing_utils/files_and_dirs.py b/tests/testing_utils/files_and_dirs.py
index 1999ee741b..90c28d9c55 100644
--- a/tests/testing_utils/files_and_dirs.py
+++ b/tests/testing_utils/files_and_dirs.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Generator, List, Union
 
+import stat
+
 
 def create_temp_file(suffix: str, dir: str, contents: List[str]) -> str:
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=suffix, dir=dir, delete=False) as tmp:
@@ -23,6 +25,19 @@ def _write_to_file(path: str, contents: List[str]) -> None:
             new_file.write(line + "\n")
 
 
+def assert_file_permissions_are_strict(file_path: Path) -> None:
+    ACCESSIBLE_BY_OTHERS = (
+        # https://docs.python.org/3/library/stat.html
+        stat.S_IRGRP  # readable by group
+        | stat.S_IROTH  # readable by others
+        | stat.S_IWGRP  # writeable by group
+        | stat.S_IWOTH  # writeable by others
+        | stat.S_IXGRP  # executable by group
+        | stat.S_IXOTH  # executable by group
+    )
+    assert (file_path.stat().st_mode & ACCESSIBLE_BY_OTHERS) == 0
+
+
 @contextmanager
 def temp_local_dir(files: Dict[str, Union[str, bytes]]) -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
     """