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Oversized Dockerfile or .dockerignore can exhaust buildkitd memory

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

The Dockerfile frontend loaded the Dockerfile and .dockerignore files of a build context into memory without a size limit. A build context containing an oversized file could make buildkitd allocate memory proportional to that file, potentially exhausting memory and terminating the daemon, which interrupts other builds on the same instance. Fixed by rejecting such files above 16 MiB.

Announced Source revision 1
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CVE-2026-93323

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-93323

BuildKit

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "moby",
    "product": "BuildKit",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "0.33.0"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "github.com/moby/buildkit",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-93323

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#8878 · Revision 1
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