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
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
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L | GitHub_M |
| 3.1 | 8.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
kanikochainguard-forks |
|
References
- https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/security/advisories/GHSA-6rxq-q92g-4rmf
- https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/pull/326
- https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/commit/a370e4b1f66e6e842b685c8f70ed507964c4b221
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28406vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2443462issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-28406.json
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