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CVE-2024-23650: BuildKit possible panic when incorrect parameters sent from frontend

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-754

Description

BuildKit is a toolkit for converting source code to build artifacts in an efficient, expressive and repeatable manner. A malicious BuildKit client or frontend could craft a request that could lead to BuildKit daemon crashing with a panic. The issue has been fixed in v0.12.5. As a workaround, avoid using BuildKit frontends from untrusted sources.

Affected products

• moby BuildKit: before 0.12.5 — fixed in 0.12.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: moby BuildKit 0.12.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/moby/buildkit/pull/4601
• https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/tag/v0.12.5
• https://github.com/moby/buildkit/security/advisories/GHSA-9p26-698r-w4hx
• https://github.com/moby/buildkit/pull/4601
• https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/tag/v0.12.5
• https://github.com/moby/buildkit/security/advisories/GHSA-9p26-698r-w4hx

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