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CVE-2026-54574

`proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
termux / proot-distroaffected < 5.1.5

CWE

CWE-61

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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