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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-119291 EUVD-2026-114137

zuke setup and zuke import follow symbolic links planted at scaffold names, allowing writes outside the target directory

Published Oct 30, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Zuke is a code-first, strongly typed build automation system for Deno. Prior to 1.4.0, @zuke/cli uses lstat to inspect scaffold names but then performs link-following reads, writes, and permission changes in zuke setup and zuke import. An attacker who supplies an untrusted cloned repository, template, or archive with a symbolic link at a scaffolded name can cause setup to overwrite a target outside the selected directory with the invoking user's permissions. The .gitignore path requires no flag, while --force permits a linked launcher target to be written and made executable; import can also read link-target content and incorporate it into the generated build file. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
zuke-build zuke < 1.4.0 —

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