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CVE-2026-78122

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
7.4
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
Description

docker-socket-proxy fails to properly gate read endpoints in the /containers Docker API namespace when the CONTAINERS environment variable is set. Attackers can use GET requests to /containers/{id}/archive, /containers/{id}/export, /containers/{id}/logs, and /containers/{id}/top to read arbitrary files and download entire container filesystems as tar archives.

Timeline
Published 2026-08-22
Modified 2026-08-26

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