Seccomp AppArmor bypass via invalid SecurityMode
Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Security-feature bypass in Moby BuildKit before 0.31.1 allows remote authenticated users to disable Seccomp and AppArmor via crafted build requests. In executor/oci/spec_linux.go, unsupported SecurityMode enum values were treated as non-sandbox execution, and client/llb/exec.go did not reject invalid values before marshalling executor specs until the fix added explicit validation. Exploitation requires the ability to supply a custom frontend or low-level build request; Linux capabilities remained restricted, so the issue weakens container isolation rather than establishing a demonstrated host escape.
Summary
What happened
Security-feature bypass in Moby BuildKit before 0.31.1 allows remote authenticated users to disable Seccomp and AppArmor via crafted build requests. In executor/oci/spec_linux.go, unsupported SecurityMode enum values were treated as non-sandbox execution, and client/llb/exec.go did not reject invalid values before marshalling executor specs until the fix added explicit validation. Exploitation requires the ability to supply a custom frontend or low-level build request; Linux capabilities remained restricted, so the issue weakens container isolation rather than establishing a demonstrated host escape.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-61711
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Moby Project
- Product
- BuildKit
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1562
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.31.1
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