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Buildah may let attackers crash or spoof container builds

published 2 months ago
Summary

The Buildah tool used to create container images has several bugs that could allow attackers to disrupt the building process, cause the program to stop working, or inject malicious content. These problems affect certificate checks, email handling, URL processing, HTTP/2 connections, and template rendering within the software. Install the latest Buildah update as soon as possible to protect your systems.

What to do
  • Update almalinux buildah to version 2:1.43.1-5.el10_2.
  • Update almalinux buildah-tests to version 2:1.43.1-5.el10_2.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
AlmaLinux:10 almalinux buildah < 2:1.43.1-5.el10_2
Fix: upgrade to 2:1.43.1-5.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10 almalinux buildah-tests < 2:1.43.1-5.el10_2
Fix: upgrade to 2:1.43.1-5.el10_2
Original advisory text
Important: buildah security update
The buildah package provides a tool for facilitating building OCI container images. Among other things, buildah enables you to: Create a working container, either from scratch or using an image as a starting point; Create an image, either from a working container or using the instructions in a Dockerfile; Build both Docker and OCI images.

Security Fix(es):

* crypto/x509: golang: Go crypto/x509: Certificate validation bypass due to incorrect DNS constraint application (CVE-2026-33810)
* net/mail: golang: net/mail: Denial of Service via pathological email address parsing (CVE-2026-42499)
* encoding/asn1: golang: Go encoding/asn1: Denial of Service via excessive recursion in Unmarshal (CVE-2026-33818)
* net/url: golang: golang net/url: Denial of Service from quadratic complexity in path resolution (CVE-2026-56860)
* net/[http:](http:) golang: Go net/[http:](http:) Unencrypted HTTP/2 connections vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2026-56853)
* html/template: golang: Go html/template: Cross-Site Scripting via pathological input (CVE-2026-56858)
* crypto/tls: golang: Golang crypto/tls: Denial of Service via indefinite KeyUpdate messages (CVE-2026-56862)


For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Timeline
Published3 Sep 2026
Updated5 Sep 2026
First seen5 Sep 2026
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