CVE-2026-59946
Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 6.1EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
08 Jul 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 2.2.29 and 2.10.2, a Composer package bin entry containing .. path segments can resolve outside the package install directory and cause Composer's binary installation flow to chmod an existing host file to a world-readable and world-executable mode during composer install, update, or require. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.29 and 2.10.2.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected products
composer · composerReferences
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/502c6c4f699802d9cf464728b3e8a95674f919a0https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/c50b1efd13ebd73f6dca19b31424c5a02bf93cc1https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.10.2https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.29https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-gjfg-22fp-rrxx