CVE-2026-77113

Medium

Description

Path traversal in apport-unpack in Canonical Apport before 2.36.0, 2.34.2, and 2.28.4 on Linux allows an attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the executing user via an attacker controlled key names in crash report files.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.7

Exploit probability—

ProductApport

PublishedAug 20, 2026

First seenAug 20, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-23CWE-23

How to fix

Update

Canonical Apport2.36.0, 2.34.2, 2.28.4 or later

Patches

github.com/canonical/apport/pull/646

Vendor advisories

launchpad.net/bugs/2161697

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Canonical Apport	v < 2.36.0, v < 2.34.2, v < 2.28.4	2.36.0, 2.34.2, 2.28.4

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