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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202508-06
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Severity: Normal
Title: Composer: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 06, 2025
Bugs: #838268
ID: 202508-06
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Composer, the worst of
which can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Background
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Composer is a dependency manager for the PHP programming language.
Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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dev-php/composer <= 9999 Vulnerable!
Description
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Integrators using Composer code to call `VcsDriver::getFileContent` can
have a code injection vulnerability if the user can control the `$file`
or `$identifier` argument. This leads to a vulnerability on
packagist.org for example where the composer.json's `readme` field can
be used as a vector for injecting parameters into hg/Mercurial via the
`$file` argument, or git via the `$identifier` argument if you allow
arbitrary data there (Packagist does not, but maybe other integrators
do). Composer itself should not be affected by the vulnerability as it
does not call `getFileContent` with arbitrary data into
`$file`/`$identifier`.
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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Gentoo has discontinued support for composer and the package should be
removed:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --verbose --depclean "dev-php/composer"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-24828
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24828
[ 2 ] CVE-2023-43655
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43655
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202508-06
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2025 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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