CVE-2026-15792 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A malicious BuildKit client or frontend could craft a request that could lead to BuildKit daemon crashing with a panic.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

moby

BuildKit

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 0.31.2

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

Avoid using BuildKit frontends from untrusted sources. A frontend image is usually specified as the #syntax line on your Dockerfile, or with --frontend flag when using buildctl build command.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/moby/buildkit/security/advisories/GHSA-qx3x-mv6r-52p6

History

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A malicious BuildKit client or frontend could craft a request that could lead to BuildKit daemon crashing with a panic.
Title		Possible panic when incorrect parameters sent from frontend
Weaknesses		CWE-20
References		https://github.com/moby/buildkit/security/advisories/GHSA-qx3x-mv6r-52p6
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Docker

Published: 2026-07-21T16:10:21.395Z

Updated: 2026-07-21T17:01:55.840Z

Reserved: 2026-07-14T19:31:00.046Z

Link: CVE-2026-15792

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-21T17:01:25.373Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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