GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-x6ph-r535-3vjw apko is vulnerable to attack through incorrect permissions in /etc/ld.so.cache and other files
HIGH
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- 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
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/security/advisories/GHSA-x6ph-r535-3vjw web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53945 advisory
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/commit/04f37e2d50d5a502e155788561fb7d40de705bd9 web
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/commit/aedb0772d6bf6e74d8f17690946dbc791d0f6af3 web
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko package
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/releases/tag/v0.29.5 web