CVE-2026-59946
6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| composer | composer | >= 1.0, < 2.2.29 | affected |
| composer | composer | >= 2.3.0, < 2.10.2 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CWE-732: CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
References
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-gjfg-22fp-rrxx
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/502c6c4f699802d9cf464728b3e8a95674f919a0
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/c50b1efd13ebd73f6dca19b31424c5a02bf93cc1
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.10.2
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.29
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