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CVE-2025-54059
melange creates SBOM files in APKs with world-writable permissions
Medium4.4EPSS 0.15%
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- GitHub_M
Description
melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. Starting in version 0.23.0 and prior to version 0.29.5, SBOM files generated by melange in apks had file system permissions mode 666. This potentially allows an unprivileged user to tamper with apk SBOMs on a running image, potentially confusing security scanners. An attacker could also perform a DoS under special circumstances. Version 0.29.5 fixes the issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected >= 0.23.0, < 0.29.5
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gochainguard.dev/melangeGHSA-5662-cv6m-63wh (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/security/advisories/GHSA-5662-cv6m-63wh (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/pull/1836 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/pull/2086 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/commit/1b272db2a0bb3441553284cc56d87236b4b64c04 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/commit/e29494b4a40a91619ec1c87a09003c6d5164cea1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/releases/tag/v0.23.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/releases/tag/v0.29.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5662-cv6m-63wh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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