CVE-2026-123373 (GCVE-0-2026-123373)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-09 17:46 – Updated: 2026-11-09 22:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
compose-lint: A committed symlink makes compose-lint quote a file from outside the project into its output
Summary
compose-lint is a Docker Compose security linter that identifies dangerous misconfigurations before deployment. From 0.2.0 until 0.25.0, compose-lint follows a project-controlled symbolic link used as the Compose file outside the project. The same issue affects compose.override.yml and a COMPOSE_FILE entry from 0.22.0, and an env_file target from 0.23.0. If an external Compose-related target fails YAML parsing, the error quotes an attacker-uncontrolled line into standard error, JSON errors, and SARIF notifications, while an external env_file can expose credential-like key names through CL-0020 and CL-0021 findings. The attacker selects the target path but not the exact parser-failure line, values from env_file are not printed, and the pass or fail result is unchanged. This issue is fixed in version 0.25.0.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-11-09 22:57 UTC
CWE
Assigner
GitHub_M
CNA
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/security/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/pull/721 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/commit/36… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/releases/… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| tmatens | compose-lint |
Affected:
>= 0.2.0, < 0.25.0
|
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