CVE-2026-59948

Composer: Arbitrary file write outside vendor via malicious transitive package name

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Jul 8, 2026
Updated
Jul 9, 2026
Reserved
Jul 7, 2026

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Description

Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 2.2.29 and 2.10.2, a maliciously crafted package from an untrusted repository other than Packagist.org or Private Packagist can cause Composer to write attacker-controlled files outside the vendor directory and outside the project during install or update by using an invalid package name that is not correctly validated before dependency-resolution results are written or installed. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.29 and 2.10.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Affected Products

ProductVersions
composercomposer
  • >= 1.0, < 2.2.29Affected
  • >= 2.3.0, < 2.10.2Affected

References

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