Race Condition (Leaky Vessels) Affecting github.com/moby/buildkit/snapshot package, versions <0.12.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMMOBYBUILDKITSNAPSHOT-6209339
  • published 31 Jan 2024
  • disclosed 11 Dec 2023
  • credit Rory McNamara (Snyk Security Research)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/moby/buildkit/snapshot to version 0.12.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition (Leaky Vessels) in the subpath mounting when two malicious build steps are running in parallel and sharing the same cache mounts. This can lead to files from the host system being accessible to the build container.

Workaround

Avoid using BuildKit frontend from an untrusted source or building an untrusted Dockerfile containing cache mounts with --mount=type=cache,source=... options.

This vulnerability was discovered and responsibly disclosed as part of the Leaky Vessels project.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.9 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.4 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high
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SUSE

7.4 high