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CVE-2026-54587
mport directory asset installation is vulnerable to symlink and path traversal races
Medium5.8EPSS 0.10%
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- GitHub_M
Description
mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, directory assets handled as ASSET_DIR or ASSET_DIR_OWNER_MODE in libmport/bundle_read_install_pkg.c used path-based mport_mkdirp(), ownership, and permission operations. A local attacker able to modify part of the target installation tree could use dot-dot traversal or substitute symlinks during privileged package installation, causing directory creation or attribute changes to affect attacker-selected paths outside the intended package directories. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.10% · top 99% of all CVEs (5 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 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 2.7.8
References (4)
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/security/advisories/GHSA-f69w-h3gh-r86p (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/pull/119 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/commit/a4fa996df1fbebeff3691e1b512c807b5f414b5d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/releases/tag/2.7.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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