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CVE-2026-61712

LOW · CVSS 2.3 EPSS 0.40% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-19 · Last synced 2026-09-15

CyberRota Analysis

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BuildKit versions prior to 0.31.1 on Linux are vulnerable to a memory exhaustion issue due to the uncontrolled reading of attacker-controlled /etc/passwd and /etc/group files during user resolution. This could lead to an out-of-memory termination of the buildkitd process, potentially disrupting build operations. Organizations using BuildKit for their build processes should prioritize upgrading to version 0.31.1 to mitigate this risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-61712
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.3
EPSS
0.40%
Linux

Original NVD 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.