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CVE-2026-59946: Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-08 · updated 2026-07-10
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

• Packagist Composer/Composer: from 2.3.0 before 2.10.2; from 1.0.0 before 2.2.29; 2.10.0, 2.10.0-RC1, 2.10.0-RC2, 2.10.1, 2.3.0, 2.3.1 (+213) — fixed in 2.10.2, 2.2.29
• composer: from 1.0, < 2.2.29; from 2.3.0, < 2.10.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Packagist Composer/Composer 2.10.2, 2.2.29. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/502c6c4f699802d9cf464728b3e8a95674f919a0
• https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/c50b1efd13ebd73f6dca19b31424c5a02bf93cc1
• https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.10.2
• https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.29
• https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-gjfg-22fp-rrxx

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