Sandboxed command execution via external pipeline traversal
Published Apr 23, 2026 · Updated Apr 23, 2026
Path traversal in Chainguard melange 0.32.0 through 0.43.3 allows attackers to read local files and execute sandboxed commands. The (*Compiled).compilePipeline function joins pipeline[].uses to each pipeline directory without rejecting absolute paths or parent-directory segments, then parses the escaped YAML file as a pipeline. Exploitation requires a melange build to process an attacker-influenced configuration, after which an out-of-tree runs block executes through /bin/sh -c inside the build sandbox.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Chainguard melange 0.32.0 through 0.43.3 allows attackers to read local files and execute sandboxed commands. The (*Compiled).compilePipeline function joins pipeline[].uses to each pipeline directory without rejecting absolute paths or parent-directory segments, then parses the escaped YAML file as a pipeline. Exploitation requires a melange build to process an attacker-influenced configuration, after which an out-of-tree runs block executes through /bin/sh -c inside the build sandbox.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-29050
- Published
- Apr 23, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Chainguard
- Product
- Melange
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 23, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 0.32.0, < 0.43.4
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