proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.5, proot-distro install extracted plain tarball root filesystems through _extract_plain_tar() in proot_distro/commands/install.py and Docker layers through _apply_layer() in proot_distro/helpers/docker.py without validating archive-controlled symlink targets in member.linkname, allowing a malicious archive to plant an absolute host-path symlink and write files through it onto the host filesystem. This issue is fixed in version 5.1.5.
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Published : 2026-07-29 17:16
Updated : 2026-07-30 20:07
NVD link : CVE-2026-54574
Mitre link : CVE-2026-54574
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-54574
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CWE
CWE-61
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
