GHSA-5662-cv6m-63wh
melange's world-writable permissions expose SBOM files to potential image tampering
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | chainguard.dev/melange | >= 0.23.0, < 0.29.5 | 0.29.5 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
It was discovered that the SBOM files generated by melange in apks had file system permissions mode 666:
```
$ apkrane ls https://packages.wolfi.dev/os/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz -P hello-wolfi --full --latest | xargs wget -q -O - | tar tzv 2>/dev/null var/lib/db/sbom
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2025-06-23 14:17 var/lib/db/sbom
-rw-rw-rw- root/root 3383 2025-06-23 14:17 var/lib/db/sbom/hello-wolfi-2.12.2-r1.spdx.json
```
This issue was introduced in commit 1b272db ("Persist workspace filesystem throughout package builds (#1836)") ([v0.23.0](https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/releases/tag/v0.23.0)).
### Impact
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.
### Patches
This issue was addressed in melange in e29494b ("fix: tighten up permissions for written SBOM files and signature tarballs (#2086)") ([v0.29.5](https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/releases/tag/v0.29.5)).
## Acknowledgements
Thanks to Cody Harris [H2O.ai](https://h2o.ai/) and Markus Boehme for independently reporting this issue.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/security/advisories/GHSA-5662-cv6m-63wh
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54059
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/pull/1836
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/pull/2086
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/commit/1b272db2a0bb3441553284cc56d87236b4b64c04
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/commit/e29494b4a40a91619ec1c87a09003c6d5164cea1
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange
- https://github.com/chainguard-dev/melange/releases/tag/v0.29.5