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CVE-2025-53945

Published: Jul 18, 2025

Modified: Jul 22, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

Description

apko allows users to build and publish OCI container images built from apk packages. Starting in version 0.27.0 and prior to version 0.29.5, critical files were inadvertently set to 0666, which could likely be abused for root escalation. Version 0.29.5 contains a fix for the issue.

Vendor	Product	Versions
chainguard-dev	apko	affected `>= 0.27.0, < 0.29.5`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/security/advisories/GHSA-x6ph-r535-3vjw

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/commit/04f37e2d50d5a502e155788561fb7d40de705bd9

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/commit/aedb0772d6bf6e74d8f17690946dbc791d0f6af3

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/releases/tag/v0.27.0

x_refsource_MISC

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/releases/tag/v0.29.5

x_refsource_MISC

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