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High · 7.7 CVE-2026-115539 EUVD-2026-122880

Cluster-API proxy overwrites forwarded client identity with its own

Published Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by Docker

Description

SwarmKit's Cluster-API proxy can overwrite a forwarded client's TLS identity with an intermediary manager's identity. WithMetadataForwardTLSInfo replaces outgoing metadata with a copy of the incoming metadata, discarding the redirect guard's changes when built with grpc-go 1.39 or later. During a short window after a leader change, two proxy hops through managers with inconsistent views of the leader can allow an attacker possessing a valid worker node TLS certificate and private key to obtain a manager node certificate for the attacker's own key, escalating privileges from worker to manager. Applications built with an affected SwarmKit version and grpc-go 1.39 or later are impacted.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
moby SwarmKit < 2.1.3, 1.12.1-0.20220307221335-616e8db4c3b0 2.1.3
Docker Docker Engine 23.0.0 —
moby Moby ≤ 2.0.0-beta.28 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 docker.io +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS docker.io +1 No fix yet —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS docker.io +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS docker.io +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS docker.io +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS docker.io No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS docker.io No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 docker 29.9.3-r0 —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 moby-engine No fix yet —

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