CVE-2026-54727

proot-distro has a Container Isolation Bypass via Crafted Restore Archive

Published Jul 29, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.6, proot-distro restore accepted hardlink entries whose linkname referenced another installed container and did not verify that the hardlink source container matched the destination container being restored, allowing a crafted restore archive to copy files between otherwise isolated containers. This issue is fixed in version 5.1.6.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7h3g-4w2f-fj2f proot-distro has a Container Isolation Bypass via Crafted Restore Archive
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description proot-distro is a utility for managing proot containers. Prior to version 5.1.6, proot-distro restore accepted hardlink entries whose linkname referenced another installed container and did not verify that the hardlink source container matched the destination container being restored, allowing a crafted restore archive to copy files between otherwise isolated containers. This issue is fixed in version 5.1.6.
Title proot-distro has a Container Isolation Bypass via Crafted Restore Archive
Weaknesses CWE-668
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 29, 2026, 6:07 PM
Reserved
Jun 15, 2026, 11:07 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 29, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 1:10 PM