CVE-2025-54059 melange creates SBOM files in APKs with world-writable permissions
An attacker can tamper with SBOM files in APKs due to world-writable permissions, confusing security scanners or causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-54059?
CVE-2025-54059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in chainguard-dev melange, published on 18 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. Starting in version 0.23.0 and prior to version 0.29.5, SBOM files generated by melange in apks had file system permissions mode 666. 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. Version 0.29.5 fixes the issue.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54059?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including chainguard.dev/melange.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
chainguard.dev/melange Go | From 0.23.0 | 0.29.5 |
chainguard.dev/melange Go | From 0.23.0 | 0.29.5 |
chainguard.dev/melange Go | From 0.23.0 | 0.29.5 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-54059?
Upgrade chainguard.dev/melange to 0.29.5 or later.
Is CVE-2025-54059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5662-cv6m-63wh, GO-2025-3815.