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Github GHSA |
GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7 | `proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive |
Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000
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Termux
Termux proot-distro |
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Termux
Termux proot-distro |
Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000
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ssvc
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Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | `proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-61 | |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-29T19:24:47.953Z
Reserved: 2026-06-15T19:15:27.343Z
Link: CVE-2026-54574
Updated: 2026-07-29T19:15:29.505Z
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-07-30T14:01:54Z
Github GHSA