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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-79994 EUVD-2026-79951GHSA-wq46-97v9-q386

Docker Sandboxes UDS forwarder can reach arbitrary host Unix sockets through a symlink race

Published Sep 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by Docker

Description

The guest-to-host Unix-domain socket relay in Docker Sandboxes validates that a socket path is inside an authorized workspace, but later reconnects using the pathname. A malicious guest can replace an intermediate directory with a symlink between validation and connection, causing the host to connect to an arbitrary AF_UNIX socket outside the shared workspace. This can expose data or host-side capabilities provided by the targeted socket.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Docker Docker Sandboxes 0.37.0 – < 0.42.0 0.42.0

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 —

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