GHSA-f94h-j2qg-fxw3: mise HTTP backend uses raw version path for install symlink destination
Summary
The mise HTTP backend builds its install symlink destination from the raw resolved version string for non-latest versions. Normal tool install paths use the sanitized version pathname, but the HTTP backend's symlink path uses the raw value. On Unix-like systems, if that version is an absolute path, PathBuf::join discards the intended mise installs root.
A repository-controlled .tool-versions file can therefore make mise install create a symlink outside the mise install tree. With bin_path, the same issue can place an executable symlink under an attacker-selected absolute prefix, such as a developer-tool prefix that is later added to PATH.
The reproducer below also models a CI/developer workflow where a later step executes a preexisting trusted command from a user-local PATH prefix. The absolute-version HTTP entry replaces that command with a symlink to downloaded HTTP content. A non-absolute version control does not replace the trusted PATH command.
Affected Code
In src/backend/http.rs, create_install_symlink() derives the destination path from raw tv.version:
let version_name = if tv.version == "latest" || tv.version.is_empty() {
&cache_key[..7.min(cache_key.len())]
} else {
&tv.version
};
let install_path = tv.ba().installs_path.join(version_name);
ToolVersion::tv_pathname() already sanitizes : and / for filesystem version directory names, but this HTTP backend path does not use it.
Impact
Proven:
- Outside-root symlink creation from a repository-controlled .tool-versions entry.
- Executable symlink materialization under an attacker-selected absolute prefix when bin_path is configured.
- The executable symlink can be run if that prefix's bin directory is on PATH.
- Replacement of a preexisting command in a trusted PATH prefix in a local workflow-chain model, followed by execution of the replaced command by name.
Not claimed:
- mise install does not automatically execute the placed binary in the reproducer.
- Windows drive-letter absolute paths
Details
Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f94h-j2qg-fxw3
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-545570.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-54557 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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