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CVE-2026-57825 (GCVE-0-2026-57825)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-09 00:00 – Updated: 2026-09-14 15:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In the opam package before 2.5.2 for OCaml, the sandbox protection mechanism can be bypassed because symlinks are mishandled during use of .install files.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 15:37 UTC
CWE
- CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
References
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CVE-2026-41082 (GCVE-0-2026-41082)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-04-16 17:32 – Updated: 2026-07-15 01:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In OCaml opam before 2.5.1, a .install field containing a destination filepath can use ../ to reach a parent directory.
Severity
7.3 (High)
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-16 16:10 UTC
CWE
- CWE-24 - Path Traversal: '../filedir'
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ocaml/opam/releases/tag/2.5.1 | |
| https://github.com/ocaml/opam/pull/6897 | |
| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OSEC-2026-03 | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026… | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41082 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459003 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
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Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCaml | opam |
Affected:
0 , < 2.5.1
(semver)
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
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CVE-2026-57825 (GCVE-0-2026-57825)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-09 00:00 – Updated: 2026-09-14 15:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In the opam package before 2.5.2 for OCaml, the sandbox protection mechanism can be bypassed because symlinks are mishandled during use of .install files.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-14 15:37 UTC
CWE
- CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Assigner
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CVE-2026-41082 (GCVE-0-2026-41082)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-16 17:32 – Updated: 2026-07-15 01:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In OCaml opam before 2.5.1, a .install field containing a destination filepath can use ../ to reach a parent directory.
Severity
7.3 (High)
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-16 16:10 UTC
CWE
- CWE-24 - Path Traversal: '../filedir'
Assigner
References
7 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ocaml/opam/releases/tag/2.5.1 | |
| https://github.com/ocaml/opam/pull/6897 | |
| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OSEC-2026-03 | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026… | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41082 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459003 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/v… | x_sadp-csaf-vex |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCaml | opam |
Affected:
0 , < 2.5.1
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cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
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