CVE-2026-120306
Buildah chroot escape in Beta9 tenant image builds
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 critical
- EPSS
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- Published
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- Modified
Beta9 turns each shell command in a tenant image definition into a Dockerfile RUN line and runs it with Buildah on the build worker under BUILDAH_ISOLATION=chroot, without --isolation. The step stays in the worker pod's PID, network, IPC, and user namespaces as root with CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, so /proc/1/root exposes the worker filesystem, its runc, buildah, and runsc binaries, the Kubernetes service account token, and mounted host directories. Privileged worker pods and default Clip v2 layered builds let a tenant with a workspace token reach this by submitting one image build.
What to do: Upgrade the Beta9 worker to 0.1.756, which runs Buildah RUN steps with OCI isolation and private PID, IPC, and network namespaces.
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Beta9 worker | — | 0.1.756 |
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Description · NVD
Beta9 turns each shell command in a tenant image definition into a Dockerfile RUN line and executes it with Buildah on the build worker. The worker image sets BUILDAH_ISOLATION=chroot, and no buildah invocation passes --isolation, so the step only changes its filesystem root. It keeps the worker pod's PID, network, IPC, and user namespaces, runs as uid 0, and holds CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE. PID 1 in that procfs is the worker entrypoint, so /proc/1/root is the worker container's filesystem and is writable. That filesystem contains the runc, buildah, and runsc binaries the worker uses to start tenant containers, the worker's Kubernetes service account token, and the host directories mounted into the pod. Worker pods are privileged. Clip v2 layered builds are the default, so a tenant with a workspace token reaches this by submitting one image build. The read-only proof confirmed the shared namespaces, CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE, and that the worker's runc binary is visible at /proc/1/root. Fixed in worker 0.1.756: Buildah RUN steps, including the WORKDIR mkdir, use OCI isolation with private PID, IPC, and network namespaces, and tenant ARG values are passed only into the build container.
- Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-653
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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