CVE-2026-57825

Published: Sep 9, 2026Modified: Sep 14, 2026Deferred

5.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 2.1 / Impact: 3.6

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-61

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

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.

References (3)

https://github.com/ocaml/opam/releases

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OSEC-2026-10

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/07/msg00026.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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