High severity · published Feb 27, 2026
CVE-2026-28406
kaniko has tar archive path traversal in build context extraction allows writing files outside destination directory
8.2
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KA
kaniko · chainguard-forks
>= 1.25.4, < 1.25.10 · source: vendor, NVD
OS
OpenShift Serverless · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28406
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28406
Patch
https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/commit/a370e4b1f66e6e842b685c8f70ed507964c4b221
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/pull/326
Patch
https://github.com/chainguard-forks/kaniko/security/advisories/GHSA-6rxq-q92g-4rmf
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28406
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443462
security.access.redhat.com
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-28406.json
