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TI-2026-39419 Aliases CVE-2026-54584

mport trusts environment-controlled temporary directories in privileged metadata extraction

Priority LOW 24CWE-377Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-73 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. mport before 2.7.8 used TMPDIR while extracting package metafiles, including when running as root or in setuid/setgid contexts. An attacker able to control the environment for a privileged mport invocation could redirect temporary metadata extraction to an attacker-controlled location. PR 123 ignores unsafe TMPDIR values in privileged contexts and rejects empty TMPDIR. This issue has been patched in version 2.7.8.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00466 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed mport (MidnightBSD): 2.7.8

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MidnightBSDmportbefore 2.7.82.7.8Patch availableCNA
  • 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

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54584
  2. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  3. 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

Other 4

  • 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-2026-39415 mport index decompression can leave partial or corrupt index data after zstd failures 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
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Sources

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