High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2026· Updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2026-54727

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
proot-distroPyPI	< 5.1.6	5.1.6

Affected products

Termux/proot-distrollm-fuzzy
Range: <5.1.6

Patches

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-7h3g-4w2f-fj2fghsaADVISORY
github.com/termux/proot-distro/commit/98aff324b7d8500ff75a8ca9ac087ee636be4716nvdWEB
github.com/termux/proot-distro/releases/tag/v5.1.6nvdWEB
github.com/termux/proot-distro/security/advisories/GHSA-7h3g-4w2f-fj2fnvdWEB

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