FKIE_CVE-2026-54574

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-29 17:16 - Updated: 2026-07-30 20:07
Severity
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
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 version 5.1.5.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/termux/proot-distro/commit/a96d7a9667f38e45d812614852ee3915d1c0ae45
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/termux/proot-distro/releases/tag/v5.1.5
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/termux/proot-distro/security/advisories/GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/security/advisories/GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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          "vendor": "termux",
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            }
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      "value": "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 version 5.1.5."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-54574",
  "lastModified": "2026-07-30T20:07:01.330",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
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          "timestamp": "2026-07-29T19:13:59.275417Z",
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}



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