CVE-2026-54174: melange: Incomplete package integrity verification allows data section substitution
chainguard-dev · melange
Affected: chainguard-dev melange · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 4% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- chainguard-dev · melange< 0.50.4
- chainguard-dev · apko< 1.2.9
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- chainguard-dev
- Published
- September 2026
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