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
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- 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
References
- https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/security/advisories/GHSA-6rxq-q92g-4rmf web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28406 advisory
- https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/pull/326 web
- https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/commit/a370e4b1f66e6e842b685c8f70ed507964c4b221 web
- https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko package
- https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/releases/tag/v1.25.10 web