Mageia 9 Opam Important Path Traversal Fix MGASA-2026-0116 CVE-2026-41082
mageia
May 7, 2026
MGASA-2026-0116 - Updated opam packages fix security vulnerability
Summary
Description:
In OCaml opam before 2.5.1, a .install field containing a destination
filepath can use ../ to reach a parent directory. (CVE-2026-41082)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35405
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00126.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-41082
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 9/core/opam-2.1.3-1.1.mga9
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Publication date: 07 May 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0116.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-41082
Topics Covered
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