CVE-2026-61801

github.com/moby/sys/user has a possible DoS via unbounded parsing of user and group database files

CVE-2026-61801 is fixed in 10 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61801, released October 10, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0012
1st percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
containerd · amzn 2023 2.3.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3273 Nov 7, 2026
containerd-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.3.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3273 Nov 7, 2026
containerd-debugsource · amzn 2023 2.3.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3273 Nov 7, 2026
containerd-stress · amzn 2023 2.3.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3273 Nov 7, 2026
containerd-stress-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.3.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3273 Nov 7, 2026
golang-github-moby-sys · Debian 14 0.0~git20260904.79376e0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61801 Oct 10, 2026
runc · amzn 2023 1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-3323 Nov 7, 2026
runc-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-3323 Nov 7, 2026
runc-debugsource · amzn 2023 1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-3323 Nov 7, 2026
soci-snapshotter · amzn 2023 0.16.1-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3351 Nov 7, 2026

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