mport audit can inspect the wrong package when options are present
Published Sep 17, 2026
2.0
LOWCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.16%
Description
mport is the MidnightBSD Package Manager. Prior to 2.7.8, the audit command in mport/mport.c computed option-adjusted local_argv and local_argc values but passed the original argument entry to audit_package(). When an operator or automation used an option such as -r before a package name, stale optind state and the unadjusted argument could cause mport to audit the option token instead of the requested package, producing a false-negative or useless result that could leave a vulnerable package unidentified. The corrected parsing resets optind and optreset before using the adjusted local arguments. This issue is fixed in version 2.7.8.
Affected products
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- Version < 2.7.8StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| MidnightBSD | Mport | n/a |
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Remediation
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References (4)
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/commit/b897240dc8181c53fbee231e77f88657c1edb9a0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/pull/149 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/releases/tag/2.7.8 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/security/advisories/GHSA-h3m9-vj4v-c35h x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/commit/b897240dc8181c53fbee231e77f88657c1edb9a0 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/pull/149 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/releases/tag/2.7.8 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/MidnightBSD/mport/security/advisories/GHSA-h3m9-vj4v-c35h | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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