CVE-2025-12970: CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in FluentBit Fluent Bit
The extract_name function in Fluent Bit in_docker input plugin copies container names into a fixed size stack buffer without validating length. An attacker who can create containers or control container names, can supply a long name that overflows the buffer, leading to process crash or arbitrary code execution.
CVE-2025-12970: CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in FluentBit Fluent Bit
Description
The extract_name function in Fluent Bit in_docker input plugin copies container names into a fixed size stack buffer without validating length. An attacker who can create containers or control container names, can supply a long name that overflows the buffer, leading to process crash or arbitrary code execution.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- certcc
- Date Reserved
- 2025-11-10T17:54:00.525Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6929e1b04121026312bb4300
Added to database: 11/28/2025, 5:53:52 PM
Last updated: 11/28/2025, 5:54:17 PM
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