CVE-2026-28406

HIGH

kaniko 1.25.4-1.25.10 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

kaniko is a tool to build container images from a Dockerfile, inside a container or Kubernetes cluster. Starting in version 1.25.4 and prior to version 1.25.10, 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. Version 1.25.10 uses securejoin for path resolution in tar extraction.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
chainguard/kaniko 1.25.4 - 1.25.10
chainguard-dev/kaniko 1.25.4 - 1.25.10Go
Published Feb 27, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 28, 2026