CVE-2025-54059: GO-2025-3815 - melange's world-writable permissions expose SBOM files to potential image tampering in chainguard.dev/melange

CVE-2025-54059 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-07-29

melange's world-writable permissions expose SBOM files to potential image tampering in chainguard.dev/melange

Technologies: chainguard.dev/melange (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-54059 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-54059 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-54059?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 29 July 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
chainguard.dev/melange (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.23.0,fixed=0.29.5.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-54059?
Yes. chainguard.dev/melange (Go): upgrade to 0.29.5 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-54059?
Check whether you run chainguard.dev/melange (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • chainguard.dev/melange (Go): upgrade to 0.29.5 or later
    go get chainguard.dev/melange@v0.29.5

Affected products

  • chainguard.dev/melange (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.23.0,fixed=0.29.5

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-54059
  • GHSA-5662-cv6m-63wh
  • GO-2025-3815

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