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CVE-2025-54059

melange creates SBOM files in APKs with world-writable permissions

Published: Jul 18, 2025Updated: Jul 22, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-276
4.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. Starting in version 0.23.0 and prior to version 0.29.5, SBOM files generated by melange in apks had file system permissions mode 666. This potentially allows an unprivileged user to tamper with apk SBOMs on a running image, potentially confusing security scanners. An attacker could also perform a DoS under special circumstances. Version 0.29.5 fixes the issue.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-276

Affected Products

chainguard-dev
commercialaka chainguard.dev
melangeMixed
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
Go
package-ecosystem
chainguard.dev/melange
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/security/advisories/GHSA-5662-cv6m-63wh
github.com
https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/pull/1836
github.com
https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/pull/2086
github.com
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