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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | mport directory asset installation is vulnerable to symlink and path traversal races | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-367 CWE-59 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-09-17T16:56:33.174Z
Reserved: 2026-06-15T19:15:27.345Z
Link: CVE-2026-54587
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T17:16:44.020
Modified: 2026-09-17T17:16:44.020
Link: CVE-2026-54587
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