Docker Sandboxes sbx cp does not safely confine host-side paths to a shared workspace. A malicious sandbox can create or replace a workspace symlink so that a later user-initiated copy reads a host file outside the workspace into the sandbox or writes sandbox-controlled data to a host path outside the workspace with the invoking user's permissions.
0.2% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 11th percentile. Scored 2026-11-04. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
CISA's assessment (SSVC)
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-03. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
CWE
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)
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Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
Product
Affected
Docker Sandboxes
from 0.28.0 before 0.51.0
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-17 Using Malicious Files Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
CAPEC-35 Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
CAPEC-132 Symlink Attack Likelihood: Low · Severity: High
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.