Docker Buildx Bake skips fs.read approval for some filesystem inputs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Docker Buildx before 0.37.2 does not request the expected fs.read approval for certain filesystem inputs in Bake. An untrusted Bake definition can expose a readable file through a pathless secret, or consume a local OCI image layout outside the project. An attacker who supplies an untrusted Bake definition needs a user to run it, and the flaw is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
Docker Buildx Bake does not request the expected fs.read approval for certain filesystem inputs. An untrusted Bake definition can expose a readable file through a pathless secret whose ID is interpreted as a client-side pathname, or consume a local OCI image layout outside the project after entitlement validation checks a different path representation. Users who run untrusted Bake definitions are affected.
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
Remediation
Upgrade Docker Buildx to version 0.37.2 or later. Red Hat lists Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 as affected and has no fix plan available for it.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
- Fix · CNA Docker Buildx (Docker) Fixed in 0.37.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103433
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-103433 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103433 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-103433 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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