Upstream information

CVE-2026-59944 at MITRE

Description

Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. From 1.0 until 2.2.30 and from 2.3.0 until 2.10.3, a malicious or compromised dependency can bypass the earlier CVE-2026-59946 binary-path hardening because Composer validates literal parent-directory segments only during dependency resolution, while the symlink and installed-metadata paths described by the advisory skip that validation. A package can ship an in-package binary symlink that resolves outside its installation directory, or attacker-influenced vendor/composer/installed.json metadata can provide an escaping binary path during a reinstall or regeneration of missing vendor/bin entries. The installed-metadata path is reachable only when the vendor directory was not populated by the same validated install run, such as when it is restored from an untrusted cache, copied from an earlier build stage, carried over from an older Composer run, or writable by a lower-trust build step. Composer can follow the path, change the external target's permissions to make it world-readable and executable, and create a runnable vendor/bin proxy to that external file. The issue does not directly read or transmit data and does not by itself provide remote code execution. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.30 and 2.10.3.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub) SUSE
Base Score 6.1 6.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 6.9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1279898 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Container bci/php-apache:8.3.33-28.2
Container bci/php-fpm:8.3.33-28.2
Container bci/php:8.3.33-28.2
  • php-composer2 >= 2.6.4-150600.3.23.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS
  • php-composer2 >= 2.2.30-150400.3.21.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-4283
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS
  • php-composer2 >= 2.2.30-150400.3.21.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-4283
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
  • php-composer2 >= 2.2.30-150400.3.21.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-4283
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
  • php-composer2 >= 2.2.30-150400.3.21.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-4283
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
  • php-composer2 >= 2.6.4-150600.3.23.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP7-2026-4288
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
  • php-composer2 >= 2.2.30-150400.3.21.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-4283
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS
  • php-composer2 >= 2.2.30-150400.3.21.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-4283
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • php-composer2 >= 2.2.30-150400.3.21.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-4283
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • php-composer2 >= 2.2.30-150400.3.21.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-4283
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • php-composer2 >= 2.10.3-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-11633


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP7 php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 php-composer2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 php-composer2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 php-composer2 Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 php-composer2 Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0 php-composer2 Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP4 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 php-composer2 Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS php-composer2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS php-composer2 Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 php-composer2 Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 php-composer2 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 php-composer2 Released
openSUSE Leap 15.5 php-composer2 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 php-composer2 Released
Container Status
bci/php-apache:8
bci/php-fpm:8
bci/php:8
php-composer2Already fixed
bci/php
bci/php-apache
bci/php-fpm
php-composer2Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Aug 29 13:11:02 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Sep 23 15:40:24 2026