CVE-2026-15791 (GCVE-0-2026-15791)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-21 16:10
Modified
2026-07-21 17:08
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
A crafted message in the BuildKit low-level build API can be used to remove the contents of the /tmp directory. The action that can normally be used to delete files inside the build container rootfs can escape into the real host temp directory.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
moby BuildKit Version: 0.10.0   
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