CVE-2026-61712

Public on 2026-08-19
Modified on 2026-09-03
Description
BuildKit is a toolkit for converting source code to build artifacts in an efficient, expressive and repeatable manner. Prior to 0.31.1, BuildKit read attacker-controlled /etc/passwd and /etc/group files without an upper bound while resolving a username to a user identifier or group identifier in executor/oci/user.go and solver/llbsolver/ops/user_linux.go. A malicious base image or build could provide oversized files that exhausted memory during user resolution and caused out-of-memory termination of the buildkitd process. This issue is fixed in version 0.31.1.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 buildah Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra docker Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra docker Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra docker Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 docker Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra runfinch-finch Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 runfinch-finch Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H