CVE-2026-59946
Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 2.2.29 and 2.10.2, a Composer package bin entry containing .. path segments can resolve outside the package install directory and cause Composer's binary installation flow to chmod an existing host file to a world-readable and world-executable mode during composer install, update, or require. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.29 and 2.10.2.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.14% · top 97% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistcomposer/composerGHSA-gjfg-22fp-rrxx (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-gjfg-22fp-rrxx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/502c6c4f699802d9cf464728b3e8a95674f919a0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/c50b1efd13ebd73f6dca19b31424c5a02bf93cc1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.10.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.29 (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-gjfg-22fp-rrxx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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