CVE-2026-57825
Received
Received - Intake
OPAM Package Symlink Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-57825, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-09
Last updated on: 2026-09-09
Assigner: MITRE
Description
Description
In the opam package before 2.5.2 for OCaml, the sandbox protection mechanism can be bypassed because symlinks are mishandled during use of .install files.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| ocaml | opam | to 2.5.2 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-61 | The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. |
