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CVE-2026-42575GHSA-HCWR-PQ9G-RQ3MGO-2026-5422

apko doesn't verify downloaded apk packages against APKINDEX checksum (package substitution possible)

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.2.7
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. Prior to version 1.2.7, apko verifies the signature on APKINDEX.tar.gz but never compares individually downloaded .apk packages against the checksum recorded in the signed index. The checksum is parsed and available via ChecksumString(), and the downloaded package control hash is computed, but the two values are never compared in getPackageImpl(). Mismatched packages are silently accepted. An attacker who can substitute download responses (compromised mirror, HTTP repository, poisoned CDN cache) can install arbitrary packages into built images. This issue has been patched in version 1.2.7.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

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

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • chainguard-dev apko

    fixed in 1.2.7

  • chainguard.dev/apkoGo

    fixed in 1.2.7

References 3

GitHub · chainguard-dev/apko