CVE-2026-25542
MEDIUMTekton Pipelines: VerificationPolicy regex pattern bypass via substring matching
Title source: cnaDescription
Tekton Pipelines project provides k8s-style resources for declaring CI/CD-style pipelines. Starting in version 0.43.0 and prior to versions 1.0.2, 1.3.4, 1.6.2, 1.9.3, and 1.11.1, trusted resources verification policies match a resource source string (refSource.URI) against spec.resources[].pattern using regexp.MatchString. In Go, regexp.MatchString reports a match if the pattern matches anywhere in the string, so common unanchored patterns (including examples in tekton documentation) can be bypassed by attacker-controlled source strings that contain the trusted pattern as a substring. This can cause an unintended policy match and change which verification mode/keys apply. Versions 1.0.2, 1.3.4, 1.6.2, 1.9.3, and 1.11.1 fix the issue.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/security/advisories/GHSA-rmx9-2pp3-xhcr
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/commit/b8905600322aa86327baae0a7c04d6cf1207362a
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0026
EPSS Percentile
17.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-185
Status
published
Products (12)
linuxfoundation/tekton_pipelines
0.43.0 - 1.11.0
tektoncd/pipeline
0.43.0 - 1.0.2Go
tektoncd/pipeline
1.10.0 - 1.11.1Go
tektoncd/pipeline
1.2.0 - 1.3.4Go
tektoncd/pipeline
1.4.0 - 1.6.2Go
tektoncd/pipeline
1.7.0 - 1.9.3Go
tektoncd/pipeline
>= 0.43.0, < 1.0.2
tektoncd/pipeline
>= 0.43.0, <= 1.11.0
tektoncd/pipeline
>= 1.10.0, < 1.11.1
tektoncd/pipeline
>= 1.2.0, < 1.3.4
... and 2 more
Published
Apr 21, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 21, 2026