mport index decompression can leave partial or corrupt index data after zstd failures
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, libmport/util.c did not make every truncated, corrupt, or failed zstd stream fatal in mport_decompress_zstd(), and libmport/fetch.c did not consistently propagate those failures to index-fetch callers. A malicious or faulty mirror could supply compressed package index data that caused ZSTD_decompressStream() or an output write to fail while leaving partial index output available for later use, resulting in package-index integrity loss or denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidnightBSD | mport | before 2.7.8 | 2.7.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- mport VendorMidnightBSD Affected before 2.7.8 Fixed in 2.7.8 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA mport (MidnightBSD) Fixed in 2.7.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54580
References
More MidnightBSD vulnerabilities
- TI-2008-04392 The TCP implementation in (1) Linux, (2) platforms based on BSD Unix, (3) Microsoft… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2009-00656 The pf_test_rule function in OpenBSD Packet Filter (PF), as used in OpenBSD 4.2 through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-39418 mport package bundle downloads allow unsafe destination filenames CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-39416 mport bootstrap index fetch can continue after hash verification failure CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-39421 mport permits repository and package mirror fetches over insecure transport CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2026-39420 mport sample file handling can write outside the configured root CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
Sources
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