MEDIUM 5.5 NVD
CVE-2026-61801
The `github.com/moby/sys/user` package provides Go utilities for parsing and looking up entries in Unix-style user and group database files. Versions before 0.4
The `github.com/moby/sys/user` package provides Go utilities for parsing and looking up entries in Unix-style user and group database files. Versions before 0.4.1 do not sufficiently limit entries when parsing `/etc/passwd`- or `/etc/group`-style files, allowing an attacker who can supply a specially crafted file to cause excessive memory consumption and potentially terminate the affected process due to an out-of-memory condition. This issue is patched in version 0.4.1. As a workaround, avoid parsing attacker-controlled user or group database files, or validate and limit untrusted input before parsing it.
References
- https://github.com/moby/sys/commit/85a71bbe1faa36c552a960e6a5f3d0cfb632fbbe
- https://github.com/moby/sys/pull/221
- https://github.com/moby/sys/security/advisories/GHSA-mjcv-p78q-w5fw
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2026-10-08 via NVD.
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