CVE-2026-123368: compose-lint: .env read through a symlink outside the project can expose the CI job's environment

Published Nov 9, 2026
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Updated

compose-lint is a Docker Compose security linter that identifies dangerous misconfigurations before deployment. From 0.22.0 until 0.31.0, compose-lint follows a sibling .env symbolic link outside the project without applying its normal containment check. From 0.28.0, the same gap also affects an include projectdirectory link outside the project. A pull request can reference a variable from the linked file, causing substitution to place runner file or process-environment data into finding messages written to logs, JSON, SARIF artifacts, and Code Scanning alerts. Reading /proc/self/environ can expose the remainder of the linter process environment because NUL-separated entries are treated as one value, although disclosure requires a workflow that processes untrusted changes with useful environment data and GitHub normally withholds secrets from fork pull requests. The pass or fail result is not changed. This issue is fixed in version 0.31.0.

Affected Software

1 affected component
compose-lint>=0.22.0<0.31.0

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade compose-lint to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.31.0

Event History

Nov 9, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:25 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:25 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·06:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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