Answer in brief
CVE-2026-59946 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps composer/composer (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 6.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps composer/composer (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| composer/composergeneric | >= 1.0, < 2.2.29 || >= 2.3.0, < 2.10.2 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jul 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 8, 2026
Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 2.2.29 and 2.10.2, a Composer package bin entry containing .. path segments can resolve outside the package install directory and cause Composer's binary installation flow to chmod an existing host file to a world-readable and world-executable mode during composer install, update, or require. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.29 and 2.10.2.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2026-59946 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in Composer: Path traversal in package bin field lets dependencies chmod arbitrary host files. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps composer/composer (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 6.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps composer/composer (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| composer/composergeneric | >= 1.0, < 2.2.29 || >= 2.3.0, < 2.10.2 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jul 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 8, 2026
Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 2.2.29 and 2.10.2, a Composer package bin entry containing .. path segments can resolve outside the package install directory and cause Composer's binary installation flow to chmod an existing host file to a world-readable and world-executable mode during composer install, update, or require. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.29 and 2.10.2.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.