CVE-2026-77113 (GCVE-0-2026-77113)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 22:32 – Updated: 2026-08-20 22:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Path Traversal Vulnerability in apport-unpack
Summary
Path traversal in apport-unpack in Canonical Apport before 2.36.0, 2.34.2, and 2.28.4 on Linux allows an attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the executing user via an attacker controlled key names in crash report files.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-23 - Relative path traversal
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://launchpad.net/bugs/2161697 | issue-trackingvendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/canonical/apport/pull/646 | patch |
Impacted products
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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