THREAT OPS › Threat News › [GHSA] GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7 (high) — `proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive
[GHSA] GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7 (high) — `proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive
GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7 Severity: high CVE: CVE-2026-54574
`proot-distro install` has a Symlink Escape (Arbitrary Host File Write) via Malicious Tar Archive
**Repository:** `termux/proot-distro` **Component:** `proot_distro/commands/install.py` → `_extract_plain_tar()`; also `helpers/docker.py` → `_apply_layer()`
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## Affected Versions
| Component | Version | |---
Indicators of compromise
- 6693f415b22b2b006654da1819e08bef8bb569b9e819c62e879e79c7c060ef57sha256
- CVE-2026-54574cve
Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9xq3-3fqg-4vg7