CVE-2026-59946 (GCVE-0-2026-59946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 19:32 – Updated: 2026-07-08 19:32
VLAI
Title
Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files
Summary
Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 2.2.29 and 2.10.2, a Composer package bin entry containing .. path segments can resolve outside the package install directory and cause Composer's binary installation flow to chmod an existing host file to a world-readable and world-executable mode during composer install, update, or require. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.29 and 2.10.2.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
composer composer Affected: >= 1.0, < 2.2.29
Affected: >= 2.3.0, < 2.10.2
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