CVE-2026-77113

Path Traversal Vulnerability in apport-unpack

Published Aug 20, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Aug 21, 2026, 8:08 PM
Reserved
Aug 20, 2026, 11:53 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Aug 20, 2026, 11:16 PM
Modified
Oct 18, 2026, 8:10 PM