High severity · published Nov 24, 2025
CVE-2025-12970
No description published yet
8.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The extract_name function in Fluent Bit in_docker input plugin copies container names into a fixed size stack buffer without validating length. An attacker who can create containers or control container names, can supply a long name that overflows the buffer, leading to process crash or arbitrary code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FB
Fluent Bit · FluentBit
before 4.0.12 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12970
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12970
fluentbit.io
https://fluentbit.io/blog/2025/10/28/security-vulnerabilities-addressed-in-fluent-bit-v4.1-and-backported-to-v4.0/
www.oligo.security
https://www.oligo.security/blog/critical-vulnerabilities-in-fluent-bit-expose-cloud-environments-to-remote-takeover
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