CVE-2026-77179
CVE-2026-77179: 1 tracked advisory record across Docker. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityCritical9.4
Critical [CVE-2026-77179] On macOS, the virtio-fs host server used by Docker Sandboxes improperly follows symlinks when reopening an unlinked file from a stored path
CVE-2026-77179Source published Source updated
On macOS, the virtio-fs host server used by Docker Sandboxes improperly follows symlinks when reopening an unlinked file from a stored path. A malicious guest can replace a parent directory with a symlink, escape the shared workspace, and read or modify arbitrary host files as the VMM user, potentially achieving host code execution.
- Affected products in this advisory
- Docker Sandboxes
- Source-reported affected versions
- Docker Sandboxes 0.28.0 before 0.42.0
- Source-reported fixed versions
- 0.42.0
- Mitigation guidance
- A malicious guest can replace a parent directory with a symlink, escape the shared workspace, and read or modify arbitrary host files as the VMM user, potentially achieving host code execution.
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