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GHSA-x6ph-r535-3vjw apko is vulnerable to attack through incorrect permissions in /etc/ld.so.cache and other files

HIGH Published 2025-07-18 Modified 2025-07-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-53945
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
chainguard.dev/apko
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-276
Reviewed
2025-07-18

Affected packages

• Go chainguard.dev/apko: >= 0.27.0, < 0.29.5 → fixed in 0.29.5

Description

It was discovered that the ld.so.cache in images generated by apko had file system permissions mode `0666`: ``` bash-5.3# find / -type f -perm -o+w /etc/ld.so.cache ``` This issue was introduced in commit 04f37e2 ("generate /etc/ld.so.cache (#1629)")(v0.27.0). Impact This potentially allows a local unprivileged user to add additional additional directories including dynamic libraries to the dynamic loader path. A user could exploit this by placing a malicious library in a directory they control. Patches This issue was addressed in apko in aedb077 ("fix: /etc/ld.so.cache file permissions (#1758)") (v0.29.5). Acknowledgements Many thanks to Cody Harris from H2O.ai for reporting this issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-53945 apko allows users to build and publish OCI container images built from apk packages. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness

References