CVE-2026-28406

kaniko has tar archive path traversal in build context extraction allows writing files outside destination directory

State
Published
Severity
8.2 High
Published
Feb 27, 2026
Updated
Jul 15, 2026
Reserved
Feb 27, 2026

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Description

kaniko is a tool to build container images from a Dockerfile, inside a container or Kubernetes cluster. Starting in version 1.25.4 and prior to version 1.25.10, kaniko unpacks build context archives using `filepath.Join(dest, cleanedName)` without enforcing that the final path stays within `dest`. A tar entry like `../outside.txt` escapes the extraction root and writes files outside the destination directory. In environments with registry authentication, this can be chained with docker credential helpers to achieve code execution within the executor process. Version 1.25.10 uses securejoin for path resolution in tar extraction.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:LGitHub_M
3.18.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Lredhat-SADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kanikochainguard-forks
  • >= 1.25.4, < 1.25.10Affected

References

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