CVE 6.1 MEDIUM

Moby: Race condition in docker cp allows creation of arbitrary empty files on the host via symlink swap_CVE-2026-41568

6.1 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

Description

Moby is an open source container framework. In Docker Engine prior to version 29.5.1, Docker Daemon versions 28.5.2 and prior, and Moby Daemon prior to version 2.0.0-beta.14, a race condition during docker cp mount setup allows a malicious container to create empty files or directories at arbitrary absolute paths on the host filesystem. This issue has been patched in Docker Engine version 29.5.1 and Moby Daemon version 2.0.0-beta.14.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-41568
Source GitHub_M
Published Jun 12, 2026 at 18:08

Affected Product

Vendor moby
Product moby
Version github.com/docker/docker/daemon <= 28.5.2
Affected Versions moby moby github.com/docker/docker/daemon <= 28.5.2
moby moby Docker Engine < 29.5.1
moby moby github.com/moby/moby/v2/daemon < 2.0.0-beta.14

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