CVE-2026-40923: Tekton Pipelines: VolumeMount path restriction bypass via missing filepath.Clean in /tekton/ check

April 21, 2026 (updated May 22, 2026)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-rx35-6rhx-7858
github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/releases/tag/v1.11.1
github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/security/advisories/GHSA-rx35-6rhx-7858
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40923

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