# CVE-2026-54577: mport audit can inspect the wrong package when options are present

- Also known as: GHSA-H3M9-VJ4V-C35H
- Severity: CVSS 2.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.8
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- MidnightBSD mport: fixed in 2.7.8

## Description

mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, the audit command in mport/mport.c computed option-adjusted local_argv and local_argc values but passed the original argument entry to audit_package(). When an operator or automation used an option such as -r before a package name, stale optind state and the unadjusted argument could cause mport to audit the option token instead of the requested package, producing a false-negative or useless result that could leave a vulnerable package unidentified. The corrected parsing resets optind and optreset before using the adjusted local arguments. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MidnightBSD mport, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/security/advisories/GHSA-h3m9-vj4v-c35h
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/pull/149
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/commit/b897240dc8181c53fbee231e77f88657c1edb9a0
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/releases/tag/2.7.8

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