CVE-2026-123370

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

Published Nov 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
compose-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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-65v8-q222-64xx compose-lint: `fix --apply` can delete a line the user did not select, including a security setting
History
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Description compose-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.
Title compose-lint: `fix --apply` can delete a line the user did not select, including a security setting
Weaknesses CWE-193
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 9, 2026, 5:34 PM
Reserved
Nov 5, 2026, 8:43 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 9, 2026, 6:17 PM
Modified
Nov 12, 2026, 10:18 PM