CVE-2026-55062

uniget: Path Traversal in Hook Files - Directory Escape Vulnerability

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 06:22 PM UTC
Updated: September 30, 2026 at 05:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCli

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

uniget is a universal installer and updater for (container) tools. Prior to 0.27.6, the hooks edit command in cmd/uniget/hooks.go concatenates an unvalidated hook filename with the selected hooks directory, allowing parent-directory components to escape that directory. The resulting path is passed to the configured editor, which can access or modify files outside the hooks directory with the privileges of the uniget process account. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.6.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.27.6
Affected range stops below 0.27.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.4HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-22CWE-23CWE-36CWE-73

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