CVE-2026-54727

proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.6, proot-distro restore accepted hardlink entries whose linkname referenced another installed container and did not verify that the hardlink source container matched the destination container being restored, allowing a...

CVE-2026-54574

proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.5, proot-distro install extracted plain tarball root filesystems through extractplaintar in prootdistro/commands/install.py and Docker layers through applylayer in prootdistro/helpers/docker.py without validating...

GHSA-7H3G-4W2F-FJ2F proot-distro has a Container Isolation Bypass via Crafted Restore Archive

Affected Component - Package: proot-distro - Affected command: restore - Attack surface: Host-side Termux CLI processing a user-supplied backup archive - Vulnerability type: Container Isolation Bypass / Cross-Container Read and Write --- Affected Versions | Component | Version | |---|---| |...

CVE-2026-54727 proot-distro has a Container Isolation Bypass via Crafted Restore Archive

proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.6, proot-distro restore accepted hardlink entries whose linkname referenced another installed container and did not verify that the hardlink source container matched the destination container being restored, allowing a...

CVE-2026-54727

CVE-2026-54727 affects proot-distro: prior to 5.1.6, the restore command accepted hardlink entries whose linkname pointed to a different installed container and did not verify the source container matches the destination being restored. This could enable cross-container data copying or injection ...

GHSA-9XQ3-3FQG-4VG7 `proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive

Repository: termux/proot-distro Component: prootdistro/commands/install.py → extractplaintar; also helpers/docker.py → applylayer --- Affected Versions | Component | Version | |---------------|------------------------------| | proot-distro | 5.0.2 confirmed vulnerable | | Termux app |...

CVE-2026-54574 `proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive

proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.5, proot-distro install extracted plain tarball root filesystems through extractplaintar in prootdistro/commands/install.py and Docker layers through applylayer in prootdistro/helpers/docker.py without validating...

EUVD-2026-50408

proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.5, proot-distro install extracted plain tarball root filesystems through extractplaintar in prootdistro/commands/install.py and Docker layers through applylayer in prootdistro/helpers/docker.py without validating...

CVE-2026-54574 `proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive

proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.5, proot-distro install extracted plain tarball root filesystems through extractplaintar in prootdistro/commands/install.py and Docker layers through applylayer in prootdistro/helpers/docker.py without validating...

CVE-2026-54574

CVE-2026-54574 affects proot-distro prior to 5.1.5. The flaw resides in extraction paths: _extract_plain_tar() (proot_distro/commands/install.py) and _apply_layer() (proot_distro/helpers/docker.py) do not validate symlink targets (member.linkname). A tar archive can plant an absolute host-path sy...

PRoot-Distro has Path Traversal in proot-distro copy — Arbitrary Read, Write, and Persistent Code Execution Outside Container Rootfs

Path Traversal in proot-distro copy — Arbitrary Read, Write, and Persistent Code Execution Outside Container Rootfs Repository https://github.com/termux/proot-distro Maintainer: @sylirre Affected Component Package: proot-distro Affected command: copy Attack surface: Host-side Termux CLI — this is...

GHSA-MFR4-MQ8W-VMG6 PRoot-Distro has Path Traversal in proot-distro copy — Arbitrary Read, Write, and Persistent Code Execution Outside Container Rootfs

Path Traversal in proot-distro copy — Arbitrary Read, Write, and Persistent Code Execution Outside Container Rootfs Repository https://github.com/termux/proot-distro Maintainer: @sylirre Affected Component Package: proot-distro Affected command: copy Attack surface: Host-side Termux CLI — this is...