FKIE_CVE-2026-54727

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-29 17:16 - Updated: 2026-07-30 20:07
Severity
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.6, proot-distro restore accepted hardlink entries whose linkname referenced another installed container and did not verify that the hardlink source container matched the destination container being restored, allowing a crafted restore archive to copy files between otherwise isolated containers. This issue is fixed in version 5.1.6.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/termux/proot-distro/commit/98aff324b7d8500ff75a8ca9ac087ee636be4716
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/termux/proot-distro/releases/tag/v5.1.6
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/termux/proot-distro/security/advisories/GHSA-7h3g-4w2f-fj2f
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/termux/proot-distro/security/advisories/GHSA-7h3g-4w2f-fj2f
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-07-30T20:07:01.330",
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