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.
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Use --clone mode and avoid additional read-write host mounts: https://docs.docker.com/ai/sandboxes/usage/#clone-mode
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| 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. | |
| Title | Docker Sandboxes UDS forwarder can reach arbitrary host Unix sockets through a symlink race | |
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Docker
Docker docker Sandboxes |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-367 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_sandboxes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Docker
Docker docker Sandboxes |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Docker
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-15T21:38:20.957Z
Reserved: 2026-08-25T16:47:15.411Z
Link: CVE-2026-79994
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-15T21:16:42.913
Modified: 2026-09-15T21:16:42.913
Link: CVE-2026-79994
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