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