proot-distro has a Container Isolation Bypass via Crafted Restore Archive — CVE-2026-54727

Summary

## Affected Component - **Package:** proot-distro - **Affected command:** `restore` - **Attack surface:** Host-side Termux CLI processing a user-supplied backup archive - **Vulnerability type:** Container Isolation Bypass / Cross-Container Read and Write --- ## Affected Versions | Component | Version | |---|---| | proot-distro | 5.1.5 (confirmed affected) | | Test distro | Alpine Linux | | Architecture | aarch64 |…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-07-29

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: high.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: pip: proot-distro.

Product

pip: proot-distro

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Prioritize patching or mitigation immediately (treat as actively risky).
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

CVE-2026-54727

Source

GitHub

Vendor

GitHub

Published by source

2026-07-29

Last source activity

2026-07-29

Additional identifiers

GHSA-7H3G-4W2F-FJ2F

Curated by

hlukh.ch

Related advisories and connections

These advisories are connected by shared CVE, product, vendor, source, or time signals.