CVE-2026-53941

A flaw was found in Inspektor Gadget. An unprivileged container can trigger a Denial of Service DoS by providing a specially crafted /etc/ld.so.cache file when an uprobe-based gadget is active. This can lead to excessive CPU consumption and prevent other containers from starting, significantly...

GHSA-VJHX-2CQW-3Q6Q Uprobe gadgets: unprivileged container's ld.so.cache causes high CPU utilization and container startup DoS

Summary An unprivileged container can block all other containers from starting on the same host by placing a crafted /etc/ld.so.cache file in its filesystem. When Inspektor Gadget attaches any uprobe-based gadget, it parses this file in the container startup path. A malicious cache causes 53...