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GHSA-72x6-4j93-7w86

LowCVSS 2.3 / 10
Published Aug 19, 2026·Last modified Aug 19, 2026
Affected Components(1)
Go logogithub.com/moby/buildkit
< 0.31.1
Description

Impact

Maliciously crafted base image or build can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. When creating a container from this image, memory exhaustion occurs, leading to an Out Of Memory (OOM) kill of the buildkitd process.

Patches

Issue is fixed in BuildKit v0.31.1+

Workarounds

Use trusted build sources.

References

This is BuildKit variant of containerd advisory https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-jpcc-p29g-p8mq

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Risk Scores
Base Score
2.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights.

Threat Intelligence
0.6

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
0.40%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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