CVE-2026-40923

Description

### Summary A validation bypass in the VolumeMount path restriction allows mounting volumes under restricted `/tekton/` internal paths by using `..` path traversal components. The restriction check uses `strings.HasPrefix` without `filepath.Clean`, so a path like `/tekton/home/../results` passes validation but resolves to `/tekton/results` at runtime. ### Details Tekton Pipelines restricts VolumeMount paths under `/tekton/` (except `/tekton/home`) to prevent users from interfering with internal execution state. The validation at `pkg/apis/pipeline/v1/container_validation.go` checks mount paths using `strings.HasPrefix` without normalizing the path first: ```go if strings.HasPrefix(vm.MountPath, "/tekton/") && !strings.HasPrefix(vm.MountPath, "/tekton/home") { // reject } ``` Because `/tekton/home` is an allowed prefix, a path like `/tekton/home/../results` passes both checks. At runtime, the container runtime resolves `..` and the actual mount point becomes `/tekton/results`. The same pattern exists in `pkg/apis/pipeline/v1beta1/task_validation.go`. ### Impact An authenticated user with Task or TaskRun creation permissions can mount volumes over internal Tekton paths, potentially: - Writing fake task results that downstream pipelines trust - Reading or modifying step scripts before execution - Interfering with entrypoint coordination state ### Patches _(to be filled: fixed in versions X.Y.Z)_ ### Workarounds - Use admission controllers (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno) to validate that VolumeMount paths do not contain `..` components. - In multi-tenant setups, restrict who can create Task and TaskRun resources via RBAC. ### Affected Versions All versions through **v1.10.0** (both `v1` and `v1beta1` APIs). ### Acknowledgments This vulnerability was reported by @kodareef5.

How to fix CVE-2026-40923

To remediate CVE-2026-40923, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 1.11.1 or later

Is CVE-2026-40923 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)