CVE-2026-55062
uniget: Path Traversal in Hook Files - Directory Escape Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
uniget is a universal installer and updater for (container) tools. Prior to 0.27.6, the hooks edit command in cmd/uniget/hooks.go concatenates an unvalidated hook filename with the selected hooks directory, allowing parent-directory components to escape that directory. The resulting path is passed to the configured editor, which can access or modify files outside the hooks directory with the privileges of the uniget process account. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.6.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | High8.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Weakness
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
- CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-23 and its CVEs
- CWE-36: Absolute Path Traversal (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-36 and its CVEs
- CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-73 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected < 0.27.6
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogitlab.com/uniget-org/cliGHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/commit/7b4f18a9f00f0955f830c7ccf266ed0de5f9fd91 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/releases/tag/v0.27.6 (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-m6jg-wr9m-cg2f (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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