4.4

CVE-2025-54059: chainguard-dev melange Incorrect Default Permissions

CVSS: 4.4v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-5662-cv6m-63whGO-2025-3815CGA-gx39-jg88-x5pq
Published 18-07-2025Last modified 18-07-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-54059 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in chainguard-dev melange. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15405-1CGA-JJFV-8PQP-Q3GC

Timeline

  1. 18-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-07-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. Starting in version 0.23.0 and prior to version 0.29.5, SBOM files generated by melange in apks had file system permissions mode 666. This potentially allows an unprivileged user to tamper with apk SBOMs on a running image, potentially confusing security scanners. An attacker could also perform a DoS under special circumstances. Version 0.29.5 fixes the issue.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.13% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard1 product
  • cg< 0_git20250730-r0
Chainguard-dev1 product
Chainguard.dev1 product
  • melange≥ 0.23.0, < 0.29.5

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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