compose-lint is a Docker Compose security linter that identifies dangerous misconfigurations before deployment. From 0.32.0 until 0.33.0, compose-lint's incomplete remediation for .env secret disclosure checks the 20,000-finding limit before replacing resolved values with their variable references. A pull request can combine a secret-referencing image field with aliased content that produces more than 20,000 findings, causing the early-stop path to emit already graded findings with the resolved secret value in text, JSON, SARIF, and Code Scanning output. Exploitation requires a workflow that writes secrets into the sibling .env and lints untrusted changes, and the run exits 2 unless --allow-partial-coverage is used. This issue is fixed in version 0.33.0.
https://github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/security/advisories/GHSA-rm8w-w798-g545
https://github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/releases/tag/v0.33.0
https://github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/pull/978
https://github.com/tmatens/compose-lint/commit/31ec460399e06e98aa0d1cc578368a1960a8a0b3
Published: 2026-11-09
Updated: 2026-11-09
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 2.3
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Low