CVE-2026-15788
Aliases:RHSA-2026:43122
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 3
Upstream
Analyzed
Published: 20 Jul 2026, 19:12
Last modified:21 Jul 2026, 12:40
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.27% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
20 Jul 2026, 19:12
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
21 Jul 2026, 12:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
BuildKit's cache mount source= selector on Windows Container on Windows (WCOW) workers does not detect NTFS directory junctions placed inside the cache root. A build authored by an untrusted user on a WCOW-configured BuildKit daemon can read arbitrary host files reachable to the BuildKit daemon process.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.6CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.6CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.27%• Percentile: 20%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-59•Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
Affected Systems
- moby•buildkit
< 0.31.2
- mobyproject•buildkit
< 0.31.2
- redhat•buildah
< 0:1.44.0-3.2.hum1
References (14)
- https://github.com/moby/buildkit/security/advisories/GHSA-388v-wmr2-g2v2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43122
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15788
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- https://images.redhat.com/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15792
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_43122.json
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502989
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15788
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15788
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503746
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15792
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15792
- https://github.com/moby/buildkit/security/advisories/GHSA-qx3x-mv6r-52p6