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ubuntu-cve-2026-44517

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-08-21 21:16

Modified

2026-09-02 16:16

Summary

Details

Buildah is a tool that facilitates building OCI images. From 1.38.1 until 1.43.2 and 1.44.0, TempDirForURL in define/types.go does not securely confine Git repository subdirectories to the downloaded build context, and downloadToDirectory and stdinToDirectory can follow a Dockerfile symlink left by a partially extracted tar archive. A malicious server supplying a Git repository or tar archive can cause files outside the build context directory to be included in the context or copied into the build. This issue is fixed in versions 1.43.2 and 1.44.0.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44517	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44517	REPORT
	https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah…	REPORT

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        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "buildah",
            "binary_version": "1.23.1+ds1-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-containers-buildah-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.23.1+ds1-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "golang-github-containers-buildah",
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        "1.23.1+ds1-2"
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    },
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "buildah",
            "binary_version": "1.33.7+ds1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm3"
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        "1.32.2+ds1-1",
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        "1.33.5+ds1-4build2",
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        "1.33.7+ds1-1ubuntu0.24.04.2",
        "1.33.7+ds1-1ubuntu0.24.04.2+esm1",
        "1.33.7+ds1-1ubuntu0.24.04.2+esm2",
        "1.33.7+ds1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3",
        "1.33.7+ds1-1ubuntu0.24.04.3+esm2",
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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            "binary_name": "buildah",
            "binary_version": "1.39.3+ds1-1syncable1"
          },
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            "binary_version": "1.42.1+ds1-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
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          {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-containers-buildah-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.42.1+ds1-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
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      },
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            {
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            }
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        "1.42.1+ds1-2",
        "1.42.1+ds1-2build1",
        "1.42.1+ds1-2ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Buildah is a tool that facilitates building OCI images. From 1.38.1 until 1.43.2 and 1.44.0, TempDirForURL in define/types.go does not securely confine Git repository subdirectories to the downloaded build context, and downloadToDirectory and stdinToDirectory can follow a Dockerfile symlink left by a partially extracted tar archive. A malicious server supplying a Git repository or tar archive can cause files outside the build context directory to be included in the context or copied into the build. This issue is fixed in versions 1.43.2 and 1.44.0.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44517",
  "modified": "2026-09-02T16:16:44Z",
  "published": "2026-08-21T21:16:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44517"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44517"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/security/advisories/GHSA-49p4-px3h-rq49"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-44517"
  ]
}

CVE-2026-44517 (GCVE-0-2026-44517)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-21 20:29 – Updated: 2026-08-25 17:07

Title

Buildah: Build breakout using malicious Containerfile and Git Smart HTTP server or GitHub release tar archive

Summary

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-25 17:05 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
containers	buildah	Affected: >= 1.38.1, < 1.43.2

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                  },
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                  }
                ],
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                "timestamp": "2026-08-25T17:05:33.478033Z",
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    "cna": {
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          "vendor": "containers",
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            {
              "status": "affected",
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            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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