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CVE-2026-39822VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: buildah security update

Affects Red Hat buildahSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-39822· High 7.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High · fixed in Red Hat package updates : patch Red Hat os soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 01:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.27.0-rc.2, 1.26.5, 1.25.12
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade os to 1.27.0-rc.2, 1.26.5 or 1.25.12.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Go standard libraryosAffected
  • >=1.27.0-0 <1.27.0-rc.2
Fixed in
  • 1.27.0-rc.2
Go standard libraryosAffected
  • >=1.26.0-0 <1.26.5
Fixed in
  • 1.26.5
Go standard libraryosAffected
  • <1.25.12
Fixed in
  • 1.25.12
Goospkg:golang/osOther threatsAffected
  • <1.25.12
  • >=1.26.0-0 <1.26.5
  • >=1.27.0-0 <1.27.0-rc.2
Fixed in
  • 1.25.12
  • 1.26.5
  • 1.27.0-rc.2

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for buildah addressing CVE-2026-39822. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 versions should apply the provided update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:38494) to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the Go os.Root function used by the buildah tool, which facilitates building OCI container images. This flaw involves symlink following that can allow unauthorized directory traversal. Red Hat has issued a security update addressing this issue in buildah for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-39822 and is rated with high severity by Red Hat Product Security.

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