CVE-2026-44517
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.
Published:Aug 21, 2026
Last Modified:Aug 25, 2026
EPS:Aug 21, 2026
EPSS Score:0.0018
CVSS Score:6.3
Affected Products
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Product
Action
Vendor
Containers
Product
Buildah
Containers
Buildah
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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