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CVE-2026-54574
proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.5, proot-distro install extracted plain tarball root filesystems through _extract_plain_tar() in proot_distro/commands/install.py and Docker layers through _apply_layer() in proot_distro/helpers/docker.py without validating archive-controlled symlink targets in member.linkname, allowing a malicious archive to plant an absolute host-path symlink and write files through it onto the host filesystem. This issue is fixed in
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"proot-distro","vendor":"termux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 5.1.5"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8a7a5ec192636dd6940f28540cb2edcf9dd49c8ccd53e91ade159beebd7e277 · sha256:5bf01063ba8337f2… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.2,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8a7a5ec192636dd6940f28540cb2edcf9dd49c8ccd53e91ade159beebd7e277 · sha256:5bf01063ba8337f2… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-61","description":"CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8a7a5ec192636dd6940f28540cb2edcf9dd49c8ccd53e91ade159beebd7e277 · sha256:5bf01063ba8337f2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/commit/a96d7a9667f38e45d812614852ee3915d1c0ae45","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/commit/a96d7a9667f38e45d812614852ee3915d1c0ae45"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8a7a5ec192636dd6940f28540cb2edcf9dd49c8ccd53e91ade159beebd7e277 · sha256:5bf01063ba8337f2… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/releases/tag/v5.1.5","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/releases/tag/v5.1.5"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8a7a5ec192636dd6940f28540cb2edcf9dd49c8ccd53e91ade159beebd7e277 · sha256:5bf01063ba8337f2… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/security/advisories/GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/security/advisories/GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8a7a5ec192636dd6940f28540cb2edcf9dd49c8ccd53e91ade159beebd7e277 · sha256:5bf01063ba8337f2… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/security/advisories/GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8a7a5ec192636dd6940f28540cb2edcf9dd49c8ccd53e91ade159beebd7e277 · sha256:5bf01063ba8337f2… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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