# CVE-2026-54587: mport directory asset installation is vulnerable to symlink and path traversal races

- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/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: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- MidnightBSD mport: fixed in 2.7.8

## Description

mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, directory assets handled as ASSET_DIR or ASSET_DIR_OWNER_MODE in libmport/bundle_read_install_pkg.c used path-based mport_mkdirp(), ownership, and permission operations. A local attacker able to modify part of the target installation tree could use dot-dot traversal or substitute symlinks during privileged package installation, causing directory creation or attribute changes to affect attacker-selected paths outside the intended package directories. 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-f69w-h3gh-r86p
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/pull/119
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/commit/a4fa996df1fbebeff3691e1b512c807b5f414b5d
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/releases/tag/2.7.8

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