GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-6rxq-q92g-4rmf kaniko has tar archive path traversal in its build context extraction, allowing file writes outside destination directories

HIGH Published 2026-03-01 Modified 2026-03-01 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-28406
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/chainguard-dev/kaniko
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2026-03-01

Affected packages

• Go github.com/chainguard-dev/kaniko: >= 1.25.4, < 1.25.10 → fixed in 1.25.10

Description

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. Affected versions >= 1.25.4, <= 1.25.9. Fix: Merged with PR #326 — uses securejoin for path resolution in tar extraction. Acknowledgements kaniko thanks Oleh Konko from 1seal for discovering and reporting this issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-28406 kaniko is a tool to build container images from a Dockerfile, inside a container or Kubernetes cluster. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

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