GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-2w4f-9fgg-q2v9 melange has a path traversal in license-path which allows reading files outside workspace

MEDIUM Published 2026-02-04 Modified 2026-02-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-25145
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
chainguard.dev/melange
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2026-02-04

Affected packages

• Go chainguard.dev/melange: >= 0.14.0, < 0.40.3 → fixed in 0.40.3

Description

An attacker who can influence a melange configuration file (e.g., through pull request-driven CI or build-as-a-service scenarios) could read arbitrary files from the host system. The `LicensingInfos` function in `pkg/config/config.go` reads license files specified in `copyright[].license-path` without validating that paths remain within the workspace directory, allowing path traversal via `../` sequences. The contents of the traversed file are embedded into the generated SBOM as license text, enabling exfiltration of sensitive data through build artifacts. Fix: Merged in commit 2f95c9f4 Acknowledgements melange thanks Oleh Konko (@1seal) from 1seal for discovering and reporting this issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-25145 melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References