CVE-2026-40938

HIGH EPSS 40.0%
Published Apr 21, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Apr 21, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Tekton Pipelines project provides k8s-style resources for declaring CI/CD-style pipelines. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to versions 1.0.2, 1.3.4, 1.6.2, 1.9.3, and 1.11.1, the git resolver's revision parameter is passed directly as a positional argument to git fetch without any validation that it does not begin with a - character. Because git parses flags from mixed positional arguments, an attacker can inject arbitrary git fetch flags such as --upload-pack=<binary>. Combined with the validateRepoURL function explicitly permitting URLs that begin with / (local filesystem paths), a tenant who can submit ResolutionRequest objects can chain these two behaviors to execute an arbitrary binary on the resolver pod. The tekton-pipelines-resolvers ServiceAccount holds cluster-wide get/list/watch on all Secrets, so code execution on the resolver pod enables full cluster-wide secret exfiltration. Versions 1.0.2, 1.3.4, 1.6.2, 1.9.3, and 1.11.1 fix the issue.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
6.0
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
40.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-88

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxfoundationtekton_pipelines*≥1.0.0  –  <1.11.0

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/releases/tag/v1.11.1
    Release Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/security/advisories/GHSA-94jr-7pqp-xhcq
    ExploitVendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.