High severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-79994
Docker Sandboxes UDS forwarder can reach arbitrary host Unix sockets through a symlink race
8.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DS
Docker Sandboxes · Docker
0.37.0 before 0.42.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79994
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79994
docs.docker.com
https://docs.docker.com/ai/sandboxes/
docs.docker.com
https://docs.docker.com/ai/sandboxes/security/isolation/
github.com
https://github.com/docker/sailor/pull/2021
github.com
https://github.com/docker/sandboxes/pull/5342
github.com
https://github.com/docker/sbx-releases/releases/tag/v0.42.0
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