BuildKit mishandles special files in build snapshots
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
BuildKit from 0 through 0.33.0 is affected. BuildKit can be tricked into performing file actions on special file inodes where regular files are expected, a flaw classified as CWE-441. A local attacker with no privileges needs active user interaction, and the impact can block operations or, on rootful workers, allow unintended access to host devices.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
BuildKit may be tricked into performing file actions with special file inodes where regular files are expected. Special files may block operations or, on rootful workers, allow unintended host device access.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| moby | BuildKit | up to 0.33.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- BuildKit Vendormoby Affected up to 0.33.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:buildkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Mobyproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:buildkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Mobyproject
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for BuildKit.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- Red Hat Quay 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93320
- 2026-10-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More moby vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-14229 Tar extraction in moby/go-archive can write outside the destination directory via link following CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2021-12512 Moby HyperKit uninitialized memory use in virtio-sock pci_vtsock_proc_tx CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-27462 Moby authz zero length regression CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-15672 BuildKit interactive containers API does not validate entitlements check CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-15671 BuildKit possible host system access from mount stub cleaner CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-26365 Moby: AuthZ plugin bypass with oversized request body CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-93320 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93320 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-93320 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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