Description
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.
Published: 2026-08-20
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Path Traversal Vulnerability in apport-unpack
First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical apport
Weaknesses CWE-23
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:canonical:apport:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical apport
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Canonical Apport
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T22:32:51.447Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T11:53:23.292Z

Link: CVE-2026-77113

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T23:16:28.387

Modified: 2026-08-20T23:16:28.387

Link: CVE-2026-77113

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2026-08-20T23:15:05Z

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