Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-54577mport audit can inspect the wrong package when options are present
Low 2.0
In plain English
A low-severity improper input validation in mport from MidnightBSD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, the audit command in mport/mport.c computed option-adjusted local_argv and local_argc values but passed the original argument entry to audit_package(). When an operator or automation used an option such as -r before a package name, stale optind state and the unadjusted argument could cause mport to audit the option token instead of the requested package, producing a false-negative or useless result that could leave a vulnerable package unidentified. The corrected parsing resets optind and optreset before using the adjusted local arguments. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| MidnightBSD | mport | < 2.7.8 |
Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-693 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/security/advisories/GHSA-h3m9-vj4v-c35h x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/pull/149 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/commit/b897240dc8181c53fbee231e77f88657c1edb9a0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/releases/tag/2.7.8 x_refsource_MISC