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CVE-2026-25121GO-2026-4405GHSA-5G94-C2WX-8PXW

apko is vulnerable to path traversal in apko dirFS which allows filesystem writes outside base

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.1.1, 1.1.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

apko allows users to build and publish OCI container images built from apk packages. From version 0.14.8 to before 1.1.1, a path traversal vulnerability was discovered in apko's dirFS filesystem abstraction. An attacker who can supply a malicious APK package (e.g., via a compromised or typosquatted repository) could create directories or symlinks outside the intended installation root. The MkdirAll, Mkdir, and Symlink methods in pkg/apk/fs/rwosfs.go use filepath.Join() without validating that the resulting path stays within the base directory. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • chainguard-dev apko

    From 0.14.8 · fixed in 1.1.1

  • chainguard.dev/apkoGo

    From 0.14.8 · fixed in 1.1.0

References 2

GitHub · chainguard-dev/apko