mport permits repository and package mirror fetches over insecure transport
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319 and CWE-345.
Summary
mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, the mport_fetch_index(), mport_fetch_bootstrap_index(), and mport_fetch_bundle() paths in libmport/fetch.c accepted non-HTTPS repository and package mirror URLs without a url_is_https() enforcement check. When a cleartext URL was configured or returned by mirror data, a network-positioned attacker could tamper with package index or package download traffic and compromise package selection or integrity. 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
- Yes
- 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-2026-54586
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-2026-39415 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-2026-39420 mport sample file handling can write outside the configured root CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
Sources
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