8.3

CVE-2026-54581: midnightbsd mport

CVSS: 8.3v4.0HighDeferred
Published 17-09-2026Last modified 17-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-54581 is a high (CVSS 8.3) vulnerability in midnightbsd mport. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.3/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, the mport_fetch_bootstrap_index() function in libmport/fetch.c could return success when bootstrap index hash verification encountered a missing or invalid hash because the failure path did not preserve a fatal result. A network attacker or compromised mirror able to alter bootstrap index content or its transport path could therefore cause mport to proceed with an unverified or tampered bootstrap package index. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

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

Midnightbsd1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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