CVE-2026-54575: mport package fetch and clean paths are vulnerable to TOCTOU filesystem races
mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, privileged package fetch and cache-cleaning operations used race-prone path handling across libmport/fetch.c, libmport/clean.c, libmport/util.c, libmport/bundlereadinstallpkg.c, libmport/deleteprimative.c, and libexec/mport.create/mport.create.c. A local attacker with write access to a participating package cache or staging path could race path checks and replacement operations to redirect package downloads, cleanup, or install-related side effects outside the intended cache. The affected lifecycle helper paths also used shell-form invocation, increasing command-line interpretation risk during privileged helper execution. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
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mportto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 2.7.8