CVE-2026-44517 — Buildah: Build breakout using malicious Containerfile and Git Smart HTTP server or GitHub release tar archive
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 subdirecto…
Published: 2026-08-21 · CVSS: 6.3 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7