CVE-2026-33022
March 20, 2026
Tekton Pipelines project provides k8s-style resources for declaring CI/CD-style pipelines. Versions 0.60.0 through 1.0.0, 1.1.0 through 1.3.2, 1.4.0 through 1.6.0, 1.7.0 through 1.9.0, 1.10.0, and 1.10.1 have a denial-of-service vulnerability in that allows any user who can create a TaskRun or PipelineRun to crash the controller cluster-wide by setting .spec.taskRef.resolver (or .spec.pipelineRef.resolver) to a string of 31+ characters. The crash occurs because GenerateDeterministicNameFromSpec produces a name exceeding the 63-character DNS-1123 label limit, and its truncation logic panics on a [-1] slice bound since the generated name contains no spaces. Once crashed, the controller enters a CrashLoopBackOff on restart (as it re-reconciles the offending resource), blocking all CI/CD reconciliation until the resource is manually deleted. Built-in resolvers (git, cluster, bundles, hub) are unaffected due to their short names, but any custom resolver name triggers the bug. The fix truncates the resolver-name prefix instead of the full string, preserving the hash suffix for determinism and uniqueness. This issue has been patched in versions 1.0.1, 1.3.3, 1.6.1, 1.9.2 and 1.10.2.
Affected Packages
github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.4.0 <v1.6.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.6.1github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.60.0 <v1.0.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.1github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.7.0 <v1.9.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.9.2github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v1.3.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.3.3github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.60.0 <v1.0.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.1github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.60.0 <v1.0.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.1github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.10.0 <v1.10.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.10.2github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v1.3.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.3.3github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.4.0 <v1.6.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.6.1github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.4.0 <v1.6.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.6.1github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.60.0 <v1.0.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.1github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.7.0 <v1.9.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.9.2github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v1.3.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.3.3Related ResourcesĀ (9)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02