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CVE-2026-77113: Path Traversal Vulnerability in apport-unpack
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-20 · updated 2026-10-18
- Weakness: CWE-23
Description
Path traversal in apport-unpack in Canonical Apport before 2.36.0, 2.34.2, and 2.28.4 on Linux allows an attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the executing user via an attacker controlled key names in crash report files.
Affected products
- Canonical apport: before 2.36.0; before 2.34.2; before 2.28.4 — fixed in 2.28.4, 2.34.2, 2.36.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Canonical apport 2.28.4, 2.34.2, 2.36.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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