melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. Apko prior to version 1.2.9, corresponding to melange prior to version 0.50.4, verified the control section hash (`.PKGINFO` etc.) against the signed `APKINDEX`, but never verified the data section hash (the actual package files that get installed). An attacker who could compromise a mirror, poison a cache, or MITM a package fetch could substitute arbitrary file contents while the control hash check still passed. Apko version 1.2.9 and melange version 0.50.4 contain a fix.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fpg8-7664-jc5q melange: Incomplete package integrity verification allows data section substitution
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Description melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. Apko prior to version 1.2.9, corresponding to melange prior to version 0.50.4, verified the control section hash (`.PKGINFO` etc.) against the signed `APKINDEX`, but never verified the data section hash (the actual package files that get installed). An attacker who could compromise a mirror, poison a cache, or MITM a package fetch could substitute arbitrary file contents while the control hash check still passed. Apko version 1.2.9 and melange version 0.50.4 contain a fix.
Title melange: Incomplete package integrity verification allows data section substitution
Weaknesses CWE-345
CWE-354
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-11T21:05:30.789Z

Reserved: 2026-06-11T21:46:52.381Z

Link: CVE-2026-54174

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T21:17:11.403

Modified: 2026-09-11T21:17:11.403

Link: CVE-2026-54174

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Updated: 2026-09-12T05:45:09Z

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