Medium severity · published Aug 21, 2026
CVE-2026-44517
Buildah: Build breakout using malicious Containerfile and Git Smart HTTP server or GitHub release tar archive
6.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BU
buildah · containers
>= 1.38.1, < 1.43.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44517
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44517
github.com
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/commit/54459cf8a0feb4b1da766e4a6360451834e1846c
github.com
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/commit/fc2003bb2efeb3ed7d5c7e1e88d04e78f370a944
github.com
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.43.2
github.com
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.44.0
github.com
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/security/advisories/GHSA-49p4-px3h-rq49
