CVE-2026-15792: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation in moby BuildKit
A malicious BuildKit client or frontend could craft a request that could lead to BuildKit daemon crashing with a panic.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-15792) in moby BuildKit involves improper input validation (CWE-20). A malicious BuildKit client or frontend can send a specially crafted request that triggers a panic in the BuildKit daemon, causing it to crash. The CVSS 4.0 score is 6.3 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector with low attack complexity but requiring privileges and partial attack complexity. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available at this time, and no affected versions are specified.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in a denial-of-service condition by crashing the BuildKit daemon, potentially disrupting container build operations. There is no indication of code execution or data compromise from the provided data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict access to the BuildKit daemon to trusted clients and frontends to reduce the risk of malicious requests causing crashes.
CVE-2026-15792: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation in moby BuildKit
Description
A malicious BuildKit client or frontend could craft a request that could lead to BuildKit daemon crashing with a panic.
CVSS v4.0
Score 6.3medium
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-15792) in moby BuildKit involves improper input validation (CWE-20). A malicious BuildKit client or frontend can send a specially crafted request that triggers a panic in the BuildKit daemon, causing it to crash. The CVSS 4.0 score is 6.3 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector with low attack complexity but requiring privileges and partial attack complexity. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available at this time, and no affected versions are specified.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in a denial-of-service condition by crashing the BuildKit daemon, potentially disrupting container build operations. There is no indication of code execution or data compromise from the provided data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict access to the BuildKit daemon to trusted clients and frontends to reduce the risk of malicious requests causing crashes.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Docker
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-14T19:31:00.046Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a5fa1722a4a8d59896d341a
Added to database: 07/21/2026, 16:42:26 UTC
Last enriched: 07/21/2026, 16:57:40 UTC
Last updated: 07/21/2026, 21:15:32 UTC
Views: 8
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