CVE-2026-79994 (GCVE-0-2026-79994)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-15 20:33
Modified
2026-09-16 17:57
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docker | Docker Sandboxes |
Version: 0.37.0 ≤ cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_sandboxes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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