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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-07-14 08:40

Modified

2026-07-27 06:08

Summary

Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files

Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "composer",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/composer"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.29"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "2.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.10.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-59946"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:getcomposer:composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:getcomposer:composer:*:*:*:*:*:php:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "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\u0027s 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.",
  "id": "BIT-composer-2026-59946",
  "modified": "2026-07-27T06:08:49.409Z",
  "published": "2026-07-14T08:40:58.630Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/502c6c4f699802d9cf464728b3e8a95674f919a0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/c50b1efd13ebd73f6dca19b31424c5a02bf93cc1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.10.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.29"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-gjfg-22fp-rrxx"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59946"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files"
}

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 19:32 – Updated: 2026-07-09 14:41

Title

Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files

Summary

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-09 14:21 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7730 records in the last 180 days details

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/composer/composer/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/502c6…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/c50b1…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
composer	composer	Affected: >= 1.0, < 2.2.29 Affected: >= 2.3.0, < 2.10.2

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