GHSA-r5jh-q2mw-gcx4: Fission: SanitizeFilePath lexical HasPrefix bypass permits sibling-directory escape
SanitizeFilePath in pkg/utils/utils.go validated that a path stayed under a safe directory by calling strings.HasPrefix(path, safedir). This is a lexical check, not a directory boundary check: /packages-extra/evil starts with
/packages, so it passed. The function did not enforce a path-separator boundary, so any sibling directory whose name began with the safe-directory string was accepted.
Callers included the builder's Clean handler (pkg/builder/builder.go:208) and the fetcher's Fetch / Upload handlers (pkg/fetcher/fetcher.go). A tenant who could pre-create or control a sibling directory under the fetcher /
builder's shared volume could induce a write or read outside the intended safe directory.
Affected
- Project: github.com/fission/fission
- Versions: all versions through v1.24.0 with SanitizeFilePath in the tree
- Audited commit: 647c141
- Component: pkg/utils/utils.go:SanitizeFilePath
- Callers: pkg/builder/builder.go:157,164,208, pkg/fetcher/fetcher.go:296,311,450,496,565,571
- Configuration: default; requires a sibling directory to the safe dir to exist on the filesystem
Fix section (paste into the Fix / Patches field)
Fixed in v1.25.0 by:
- PR #3445 (commit 8298e33e) — migrate every SanitizeFilePath call site (fetcher: storePath /
tmpPath / secretDir / configDir / rename + writeSecretOrConfigMap; builder: srcPkg / deployPkg path validation and srcPkg stat) to new pkg/utils/root.go helpers (RootJoin, RootStat, RootWriteFile, RootMkdirAll,
RootRename) that operate through os.Root. os.Root enforces directory confinement in the kernel and is recognized by CodeQL go/path-injection as a traversal barrier.
- PR #3446 (commit 5aac6f0b) — delete the deprecated SanitizeFilePath itself once no callers
remained. The vulnerable function no longer exists in the tree.
Details
Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5jh-q2mw-gcx4
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-505680.11% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-50568 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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