CVE-2026-54727

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
termuxproot-distro< 5.1.6affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-668: CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

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