How exploitable is this vulnerability in practice?

Exploitability is significant in environments where untrusted or partially trusted gadget manifests are built automatically, such as CI/CD pipelines. If an attacker can control the `buildOptions` in the manifest, they can often craft values that trigger command injection during the build process.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker must be able to influence the gadget manifest used with `ig image build`, either by supplying a full `build.yml` file or modifying specific options that map into `buildOptions`. In many setups, this corresponds to the ability to submit or modify gadget source or configuration in a repository processed by automated builds.

What is the safest general fix pattern for developers?

The most robust fix is to avoid interpolating configuration values into shell commands altogether. Instead, use APIs that construct commands from argument arrays or otherwise separate data from command syntax. If templating is unavoidable, apply strict, context-aware escaping for all user-controlled fields and constrain those fields to safe, validated values.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

Command Injection via Unescaped Makefile Parameters (CWE-78) in Inspektor Gadget Image Builder

CVE-2026-24905

Published:

Jan 29, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

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Source

NDV

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March 7, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-77;CWE-78

Impact:

Arbitrary Command Execution during Image Build

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-77;CWE-78

Impact:

Arbitrary Command Execution during Image Build

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Command Injection via Unescaped Makefile Parameters (CWE-78) in Inspektor Gadget Image Builder

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.9)

Command Injection in MCP Stdio Configuration Validation (CWE-78) in WeKnora

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.9)

SQL Injection via PostgreSQL Array/Row Expressions (CWE-89) in WeKnora Query Engine

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