CVE-2026-28406CWE-22

kaniko has tar archive path traversal in build context extraction allows writing files outside destination directory

High · published February 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00854 · 57.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-02-27T21:20Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 FEB 21:20Z
    kaniko has tar archive path traversal in build context extraction allows writing files outside destination directory
    cvelistv5