CVE-2025-54059 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-54059: melange creates SBOM files in APKs with world-writable permissions

Vendor Chainguard-Dev
Product melange
Weakness CWE-276
Published July 18, 2025
Last update July 18, 2025
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CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. Starting in version 0.23.0 and prior to version 0.29.5, SBOM files generated by melange in apks had file system permissions mode 666. This potentially allows an unprivileged user to tamper with apk SBOMs on a running image, potentially confusing security scanners. An attacker could also perform a DoS under special circumstances. Version 0.29.5 fixes the issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 18, 2025 CVE published
July 18, 2025 Record updated