CVE-2026-39821 Affecting buildah package, versions <1.35.5-150500.3.62.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-BUILDAH-17816458
  • published4 Jul 2026
  • disclosed2 Jul 2026

Introduced: 2 Jul 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 buildah to version 1.35.5-150500.3.62.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream buildah package and not the buildah package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ToASCII and ToUnicode functions incorrectly accept Punycode-encoded labels that decode to an ASCII-only label. For example, ToUnicode("xn--example-.com") incorrectly returns the name "example.com" rather than an error. This behavior can lead to privilege escalation in programs using the idna package. For example, a program which performs privilege checks on the ASCII hostname may reject "example.com" but permit "xn--example-.com". If that program subsequently converts the ASCII hostname to Unicode, it will inadvertently permits access to the Unicode name "example.com".

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1