CVE-2025-12970 (GCVE-0-2025-12970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-24 14:39 – Updated: 2026-01-07 15:36
VLAI
Title
CVE-2025-12970
Summary
The extract_name function in Fluent Bit in_docker input plugin copies container names into a fixed size stack buffer without validating length. An attacker who can create containers or control container names, can supply a long name that overflows the buffer, leading to process crash or arbitrary code execution.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-24 16:59 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FluentBit Fluent Bit Affected: 0 , < 4.0.12 (custom)
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