Unsafe Dependency Resolution Affecting traviscross/mtr package, versions [,0.95)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TRAVISCROSSMTR-10734141
  • published14 Jul 2025
  • disclosed4 Jul 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-49809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade traviscross/mtr to version 0.95 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unsafe Dependency Resolution via the MTR_PACKET environment variable. An attacker can execute arbitrary programs with elevated privileges by manipulating this environment variable in certain privileged contexts.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1