compose-lint: `fix --apply` can delete a line the user did not select, including a security setting

Summary

CVECVE-2026-123370
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-11-09 18:17:25 UTC
Updated2026-11-09 18:17:25 UTC
Descriptioncompose-lint is a Docker Compose security linter that identifies dangerous misconfigurations before deployment. From 0.9.0 until 0.18.0, compose-lint's YAML parser recognizes lone carriage returns and Unicode line separators U+0085, U+2028, and U+2029 as line breaks while fix position conversion counts only newline characters. A pull request can place one of these separators in a quoted value so fix --apply shifts each later edit and deletes the line after the selected target, including an unselected network or other security setting. The resulting Compose file can remain valid, post-edit checks can pass, and the command can report a successful fix even though the dry-run diff was the only place showing the extra deletion. This issue is fixed in version 0.18.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 5.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Problem Types: CWE-193 | CWE-193 CWE-193: Off-by-one Error


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary5.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNADECLARED5.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Active
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
Low
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Tmatens Compose-lint affected >= 0.9.0, < 0.18.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/releases/tag/v0.18.0 [email protected] github.com
github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/pull/549 [email protected] github.com
github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/commit/cbbf886d91347dea9c51b584eb50088e7... [email protected] github.com
github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/commit/c9d453a6a69c076788fe1db05cb54684a... [email protected] github.com
github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/pull/547 [email protected] github.com
github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/security/advisories/GHSA-65v8-q222-64xx [email protected] github.com
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