CVE-2025-53945

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-21896

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-07-18

Updated: 2026-04-15

Named Vulnerability: GO-2025-3816Named Vulnerability: GHSA-x6ph-r535-3vjw

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00143