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Medium · 6.0 CVE-2026-54585 EUVD-2026-82323

mport sample file handling can write outside the configured root

Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, create_sample_file() in libmport/bundle_read_install_pkg.c did not constrain absolute source and destination paths from the sample-file manifest directive to mport->root. A malicious or malformed package manifest could therefore direct privileged sample-file handling to copy or write outside the configured installation root, compromising local filesystem integrity. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MidnightBSD mport < 2.7.8 —

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