CVE-2025-12970

Vulnerability Description

The extract_name function in Fluent Bit in_docker input plugin copies container names into a fixed size stack buffer without validating length. An attacker who can create containers or control container names, can supply a long name that overflows the buffer, leading to process crash or arbitrary code execution.

References

• https://fluentbit.io/blog/2025/10/28/security-vulnerabilities-addressed-in-fluent-bit-v4.1-and-backported-to-v4.0/
• https://www.oligo.security/blog/critical-vulnerabilities-in-fluent-bit-expose-cloud-environments-to-remote-takeover