diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c7c2a7..9696591 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ tools/capture_pack_report.sh
 python3 -W error -m unittest discover -s tests -v
 ```
 
-Current verified baseline: **89 tests**, **9/9 graph invariants**, **7/7 pack/index checks**, **57 isolated Git invocations** in the DAG evidence run, two independently replayed evidence packages, and two attested offline browser captures.
+Current verified baseline: **90 tests**, **9/9 graph invariants**, **7/7 pack/index checks**, **57 isolated Git invocations** in the DAG evidence run, two independently replayed evidence packages, and two attested offline browser captures.
 
 | Artifact | What it proves |
 |---|---|
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 37c677e..c7474f8 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ The command boundary is deliberately narrow:
 - temporary roots with symlinked path components are rejected.
 - stdout and stderr are captured in private temporary files and rejected before loading into memory when either exceeds 1 MiB.
 
+## Evidence file permissions
+
+Evidence refreshes reject symlinked targets and multi-link files, stage each generated artifact as owner-read/write only (`0600`), fsync it, and atomically replace the managed target. Committed evidence is intentionally public synthetic data and may be checked out with ordinary repository permissions; this pipeline must not be used for secrets or private inputs.
+
 ## Pack/index closed subset
 
 The pack experiment passes only three fixed synthetic blob IDs to `git pack-objects`; it does not accept a repository path, revision, ref, or caller-provided object list. Generated `.pack` and `.idx` files must be regular, single-link files no larger than 1 MiB and must remain the same inode and size across the bounded read.
diff --git a/docs/assets/evidence-pipeline.svg b/docs/assets/evidence-pipeline.svg
index 248cfda..227df9f 100644
--- a/docs/assets/evidence-pipeline.svg
+++ b/docs/assets/evidence-pipeline.svg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1400" height="520" viewBox="0 0 1400 520" role="img" aria-labelledby="title desc" data-report-receipt="2da1ccd8799699ade939f3901566e448baeb9691973624452231b35594469c84">
   <title id="title">Reproducible evidence pipeline</title>
   <desc id="desc">The actual path from fixed fixture bytes through isolated Git plumbing and independent checks into the checked-in evidence artifacts.</desc>
-  <metadata>{"capture_attestation":"docs/demo/git-dag-v1/capture-attestation.json","capture_attestation_receipt_sha256":"7c9b58040ada09b40dc57e21c36767d044ec08e8e6a1c928e7dd5da0941ff238","capture_status":"attested","container_image":"mcr.microsoft.com/playwright@sha256:2f29369043d81d6d69a815ceb80760f55e85f5020371ad06a4d996f18503ad1c","network":"none","report_receipt_sha256":"2da1ccd8799699ade939f3901566e448baeb9691973624452231b35594469c84","screenshot_sha256":"e539db1152e8b1d66ee543d045739851991deb2e1a45174eb4358621efd4e17e","source":"evidence/git-dag-v1.json"}</metadata>
+  <metadata>{"capture_attestation":"docs/demo/git-dag-v1/capture-attestation.json","capture_attestation_receipt_sha256":"6e1199b957e5e7cdaf0af582d1547ac5a63137b3a0a3b9eadcb85673e09576b5","capture_status":"attested","container_image":"mcr.microsoft.com/playwright@sha256:2f29369043d81d6d69a815ceb80760f55e85f5020371ad06a4d996f18503ad1c","network":"none","report_receipt_sha256":"2da1ccd8799699ade939f3901566e448baeb9691973624452231b35594469c84","screenshot_sha256":"e539db1152e8b1d66ee543d045739851991deb2e1a45174eb4358621efd4e17e","source":"evidence/git-dag-v1.json"}</metadata>
   <defs>
     <linearGradient id="bg" x1="0" y1="0" x2="1" y2="1"><stop stop-color="#07111f"/><stop offset="1" stop-color="#111b31"/></linearGradient>
     <filter id="shadow"><feDropShadow dx="0" dy="8" stdDeviation="10" flood-color="#020617" flood-opacity="0.55"/></filter>
diff --git a/docs/demo/git-dag-v1/capture-attestation.json b/docs/demo/git-dag-v1/capture-attestation.json
index 3a46836..2594024 100644
--- a/docs/demo/git-dag-v1/capture-attestation.json
+++ b/docs/demo/git-dag-v1/capture-attestation.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "schema_version": "git-dag-browser-capture-attestation/v1",
     "script": {
       "path": "tools/capture_report.sh",
-      "sha256": "74dcf776035069299067544d3bd7b8a1443724f1bd7b842876ea53831b0d8441",
+      "sha256": "124a296ccf38d36a5220c62ea4730fbba2b21414e26b668ded42d855a691d6d5",
       "size": 10937
     },
     "viewport": {
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@
   "receipt": {
     "algorithm": "sha256",
     "canonicalization": "UTF-8 JSON; sorted keys; compact separators",
-    "sha256": "7c9b58040ada09b40dc57e21c36767d044ec08e8e6a1c928e7dd5da0941ff238"
+    "sha256": "6e1199b957e5e7cdaf0af582d1547ac5a63137b3a0a3b9eadcb85673e09576b5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/docs/demo/git-dag-v1/manifest.json b/docs/demo/git-dag-v1/manifest.json
index f9504a6..d8492cf 100644
--- a/docs/demo/git-dag-v1/manifest.json
+++ b/docs/demo/git-dag-v1/manifest.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {
       "path": "docs/assets/evidence-pipeline.svg",
       "role": "evidence pipeline derived from execution summary",
-      "sha256": "55504a79c5025689c167020db503ddaf64adb1542776254d5dedb2fa11f8b157",
+      "sha256": "c20efa2ff42ce32a205d9c83343abae9b43c94826c5a19042b2d2a188b707fe3",
       "size": 4600
     },
     {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     {
       "path": "docs/demo/git-dag-v1/capture-attestation.json",
       "role": "capture provenance binding browser, isolation, input, and outputs",
-      "sha256": "ea18a02969796afd0900dc5883ab29490bb517bf0f8d74f7f5f6043cb36a7f08",
+      "sha256": "2df440c8071e0b4ab839527176660ce832acb97b0634915bcf2d795c074a737f",
       "size": 1990
     },
     {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   ],
   "capture": {
     "attestation": "docs/demo/git-dag-v1/capture-attestation.json",
-    "attestation_receipt_sha256": "7c9b58040ada09b40dc57e21c36767d044ec08e8e6a1c928e7dd5da0941ff238",
+    "attestation_receipt_sha256": "6e1199b957e5e7cdaf0af582d1547ac5a63137b3a0a3b9eadcb85673e09576b5",
     "browser_binary": "/ms-playwright/chromium_headless_shell-1193/chrome-linux/headless_shell",
     "browser_sha256": "003728e0b77eb9d52e4d258594bd55ce22ecd245eb6d3b6858fbd844c901ad7d",
     "browser_version": "Chromium 140.0.7339.186",
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "tools/generate_evidence.py",
-      "sha256": "442346818e239a4ab9b4fa9804929e61bf266dc7145a543fb40076298d47ce6b",
+      "sha256": "9276b529ec13eaa6ceda1cab1282b6679a689697e5c6930ca17b5e0bc8ba3a92",
       "size": 49590
     },
     {
       "path": "tools/capture_report.sh",
-      "sha256": "74dcf776035069299067544d3bd7b8a1443724f1bd7b842876ea53831b0d8441",
+      "sha256": "124a296ccf38d36a5220c62ea4730fbba2b21414e26b668ded42d855a691d6d5",
       "size": 10937
     }
   ]
diff --git a/docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/capture-attestation.json b/docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/capture-attestation.json
index cbbb156..cdc139a 100644
--- a/docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/capture-attestation.json
+++ b/docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/capture-attestation.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "schema_version": "git-pack-browser-capture-attestation/v1",
     "script": {
       "path": "tools/capture_pack_report.sh",
-      "sha256": "3477eeec4a10026fe95b87803f68657069c77f2b491bd69d3cddd56777924f0b",
+      "sha256": "7cddc4ec1ba66e203195d9a9eb3c454fe39b3790472106bad410cfc9d313ce8f",
       "size": 11083
     },
     "viewport": {
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@
   "receipt": {
     "algorithm": "sha256",
     "canonicalization": "UTF-8 JSON; sorted keys; compact separators",
-    "sha256": "9709eafc99c848f825d083b795a9ba2802109d76b21289e2a4f72c445519c35b"
+    "sha256": "6495ad5876921dcc8f1c6ad01573507c5107512ca3d1256d3e42f6357ac4f622"
   }
 }
diff --git a/docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/manifest.json b/docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/manifest.json
index 4ecdcdc..60ec3f1 100644
--- a/docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/manifest.json
+++ b/docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/manifest.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     {
       "path": "docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/capture-attestation.json",
       "role": "pack capture provenance and isolation attestation",
-      "sha256": "18e5fea29af65a0fd15b2959486b282f75425f1dabb1df20a556b57bf3c22757",
+      "sha256": "724b0c25f4298756385182cbb48a5c260c59051e4f06e21e3495b16c47655b3a",
       "size": 2011
     },
     {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   ],
   "capture": {
     "attestation": "docs/demo/git-pack-index-v1/capture-attestation.json",
-    "attestation_receipt_sha256": "9709eafc99c848f825d083b795a9ba2802109d76b21289e2a4f72c445519c35b",
+    "attestation_receipt_sha256": "6495ad5876921dcc8f1c6ad01573507c5107512ca3d1256d3e42f6357ac4f622",
     "browser_binary": "/ms-playwright/chromium_headless_shell-1193/chrome-linux/headless_shell",
     "browser_sha256": "003728e0b77eb9d52e4d258594bd55ce22ecd245eb6d3b6858fbd844c901ad7d",
     "browser_version": "Chromium 140.0.7339.186",
@@ -138,14 +138,19 @@
       "sha256": "03648331670cdc350fd486b2939e4914e90ee7ca7c2ea2b5cabd4eced21fe766",
       "size": 2335
     },
+    {
+      "path": "tools/generate_evidence.py",
+      "sha256": "9276b529ec13eaa6ceda1cab1282b6679a689697e5c6930ca17b5e0bc8ba3a92",
+      "size": 49590
+    },
     {
       "path": "tools/generate_pack_evidence.py",
-      "sha256": "2a85d4e5d3a98cca6e562eae7fad28e5f64d61bd02f973dcffdade274b89514d",
-      "size": 41315
+      "sha256": "234af1ac72189cec9034d3b7f396f6950b01564495208a8891620bb7721ec3a9",
+      "size": 41376
     },
     {
       "path": "tools/capture_pack_report.sh",
-      "sha256": "3477eeec4a10026fe95b87803f68657069c77f2b491bd69d3cddd56777924f0b",
+      "sha256": "7cddc4ec1ba66e203195d9a9eb3c454fe39b3790472106bad410cfc9d313ce8f",
       "size": 11083
     }
   ]
diff --git a/tests/test_evidence.py b/tests/test_evidence.py
index 7b1c48e..ba092f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_evidence.py
+++ b/tests/test_evidence.py
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
+import stat
 import struct
+import tempfile
 import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
 import zlib
 
 from tools import generate_evidence
@@ -160,6 +163,14 @@ def test_capture_toolchain_is_digest_pinned(self) -> None:
         self.assertRegex(capture["browser_sha256"], r"^[0-9a-f]{64}$")
         self.assertEqual(capture["network"], "none")
         self.assertEqual(capture["viewport"], {"height": 1800, "width": 1440})
+        script = (ROOT / "tools/capture_report.sh").read_text()
+        self.assertIn(
+            'chmod 0600 "$temporary_root/output/git-dag-report.png"',
+            script,
+        )
+        self.assertIn('chmod 0600 "$dom_path"', script)
+        self.assertIn("os.chmod(temporary_path, 0o600)", script)
+        self.assertNotIn("chmod 0644", script)
 
     def test_sources_are_hashed_and_path_relative(self) -> None:
         for source in self.manifest["sources"]:
@@ -247,5 +258,17 @@ def test_readme_baseline_matches_current_evidence(self) -> None:
         self.assertIn("11 local subcommands are allow-listed", readme)
 
 
+    def test_writer_keeps_generated_files_owner_only(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temporary_root:
+            root = Path(temporary_root)
+            with patch.object(generate_evidence, "ROOT", root):
+                generate_evidence._write_artifacts(
+                    {Path("nested/evidence.txt"): b"public synthetic evidence\n"}
+                )
+            target = root / "nested/evidence.txt"
+            self.assertEqual(target.read_bytes(), b"public synthetic evidence\n")
+            self.assertEqual(stat.S_IMODE(target.stat().st_mode), 0o600)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/test_pack_evidence.py b/tests/test_pack_evidence.py
index ccb03e7..719b42a 100644
--- a/tests/test_pack_evidence.py
+++ b/tests/test_pack_evidence.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ def test_manifest_binds_artifacts_capture_and_sources(self) -> None:
             {
                 "git_dag_lab/pack.py",
                 "git_dag_lab/cli.py",
+                "tools/generate_evidence.py",
                 "tools/generate_pack_evidence.py",
                 "tools/capture_pack_report.sh",
             },
@@ -229,6 +230,13 @@ def test_capture_toolchain_is_digest_pinned_and_network_disabled(self) -> None:
         self.assertIn("--network none", script)
         self.assertIn("--pull=never", script)
         self.assertIn("--read-only", script)
+        self.assertIn(
+            'chmod 0600 "$temporary_root/output/git-pack-report.png"',
+            script,
+        )
+        self.assertIn('chmod 0600 "$dom_path"', script)
+        self.assertIn("os.chmod(temporary_path, 0o600)", script)
+        self.assertNotIn("chmod 0644", script)
         self.assertNotRegex(script, re.compile(r"(?m)^\s*curl\b|\bwget\b"))
 
 
diff --git a/tools/capture_pack_report.sh b/tools/capture_pack_report.sh
index 9b09f7c..4fca50d 100755
--- a/tools/capture_pack_report.sh
+++ b/tools/capture_pack_report.sh
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ if [[ $(sha256sum "$repo_root/tools/capture_pack_report.sh" | awk '{print $1}')
     exit 1
 fi
 
-chmod 0644 "$temporary_root/output/git-pack-report.png"
-chmod 0644 "$dom_path"
+chmod 0600 "$temporary_root/output/git-pack-report.png"
+chmod 0600 "$dom_path"
 mv -f -- "$temporary_root/output/git-pack-report.png" "$output_path"
 mv -f -- "$dom_path" "$rendered_dom_path"
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ try:
         temporary.flush()
         os.fsync(temporary.fileno())
         temporary_path = Path(temporary.name)
-    os.chmod(temporary_path, 0o644)
+    os.chmod(temporary_path, 0o600)
     os.replace(temporary_path, attestation_path)
     temporary_path = None
 finally:
diff --git a/tools/capture_report.sh b/tools/capture_report.sh
index 21357d9..a61b542 100755
--- a/tools/capture_report.sh
+++ b/tools/capture_report.sh
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ if [[ $(sha256sum "$repo_root/tools/capture_report.sh" | awk '{print $1}') != "$
     exit 1
 fi
 
-chmod 0644 "$temporary_root/output/git-dag-report.png"
-chmod 0644 "$dom_path"
+chmod 0600 "$temporary_root/output/git-dag-report.png"
+chmod 0600 "$dom_path"
 mv -f -- "$temporary_root/output/git-dag-report.png" "$output_path"
 mv -f -- "$dom_path" "$rendered_dom_path"
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ try:
         temporary.flush()
         os.fsync(temporary.fileno())
         temporary_path = Path(temporary.name)
-    os.chmod(temporary_path, 0o644)
+    os.chmod(temporary_path, 0o600)
     os.replace(temporary_path, attestation_path)
     temporary_path = None
 finally:
diff --git a/tools/generate_evidence.py b/tools/generate_evidence.py
index a550731..fdd4775 100755
--- a/tools/generate_evidence.py
+++ b/tools/generate_evidence.py
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ def _write_artifacts(generated: Mapping[Path, bytes]) -> None:
                 temporary.flush()
                 os.fsync(temporary.fileno())
                 temporary_path = Path(temporary.name)
-            os.chmod(temporary_path, 0o644)
+            os.chmod(temporary_path, 0o600)
             os.replace(temporary_path, target)
             temporary_path = None
         finally:
diff --git a/tools/generate_pack_evidence.py b/tools/generate_pack_evidence.py
index ac669e2..ff5cb60 100755
--- a/tools/generate_pack_evidence.py
+++ b/tools/generate_pack_evidence.py
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ def build_artifacts(*, allow_missing_screenshot: bool) -> dict[Path, bytes]:
         "sources": [
             _source_row(Path("git_dag_lab/pack.py")),
             _source_row(Path("git_dag_lab/cli.py")),
+            _source_row(Path("tools/generate_evidence.py")),
             _source_row(Path("tools/generate_pack_evidence.py")),
             _source_row(Path("tools/capture_pack_report.sh")),
         ],