CVE-2026-28406 HIGH

CVE-2026-28406: kaniko has tar archive path traversal in build context extraction allows writing files outside destination directory

Vendor Chainguard-Forks
Product kaniko
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published February 27, 2026
Last update June 30, 2026

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 27, 2026 CVE published
June 30, 2026 Record updated