---
id: CVE-2026-59948
aliases:
  - GHSA-499r-g7pc-vmp9
title: >-
  Composer: Arbitrary file write outside vendor via malicious transitive package
  name
summary: >-
  Composer: Arbitrary file write outside vendor via malicious transitive package
  name
severity: high
cvss: 7
cwe:
  - CWE-22
  - CWE-787
vendor: composer
product: composer/composer
ecosystem: composer
affected:
  - 'composer/composer >= 2.3.0, < 2.10.2'
  - 'composer/composer >= 1.0.0, < 2.2.29'
patched:
  - composer/composer 2.10.2
  - composer/composer 2.2.29
published: '2026-07-20'
updated: '2026-07-20'
source: GHSA
sourceUrl: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-499r-g7pc-vmp9'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-499r-g7pc-vmp9
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59948'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/502c6c4f699802d9cf464728b3e8a95674f919a0
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/c50b1efd13ebd73f6dca19b31424c5a02bf93cc1
  - url: 'https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.10.2'
  - url: 'https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.29'
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-499r-g7pc-vmp9'
tags:
  - ghsa
  - composer
epss: 0.00164
epssPercentile: 0.0495
ingestedAt: '2026-07-20T19:42:47.859Z'
---

## Overview

## Summary

A maliciously crafted package, published on an untrusted third party repository other than Packagist.org or Private Packagist, can cause Composer to write files outside the `vendor/` directory and outside your project, with attacker-controlled content, during a normal `install` or `update` through using an invalid package name, which was not correctly validated by Composer.

This is an arbitrary file write that can be used to execute code outside the Composer project's context in which you expected the package code to execute (for example by writing shell startup files, SSH `authorized_keys`, or a cron entry). It is a supply-chain issue: it requires a malicious or compromised package to be present in the dependency graph, it is not otherwise remotely exploitable against a machine.

The fix makes Composer validate every package produced by dependency resolution before anything is written to `composer.lock` or installed, and abort with a security error if a package name is not a valid `vendor/package` name.

## Am I affected?

You may be affected if you install packages from an untrusted third party repository, which does not sufficiently validate package names. Packagist.org and Private Packagist are safe, as they validate package names correctly.

## Patched versions

Fixed in **2.2.29** and **2.10.2**. Composer 1.x is also affected and you should move to a safe 2.x release.

## Workarounds

Do not use untrusted package repositories. If you have to, mirror them through an internal repository like Private Packagist.

## Affected packages

- `composer/composer >= 2.3.0, < 2.10.2`
- `composer/composer >= 1.0.0, < 2.2.29`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `composer/composer 2.10.2`
- `composer/composer 2.2.29`