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.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Docker Sandboxes guest can write arbitrary macOS host files via a symlink in the virtio-fs stored-path fallback
First Time appeared Docker
Docker docker Sandboxes
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_sandboxes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Docker
Docker docker Sandboxes
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Docker

Published: 2026-09-15T13:32:41.132Z

Updated: 2026-09-15T21:43:07.049Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T15:32:02.935Z

Link: CVE-2026-77179

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:01:02.531Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-15T14:17:11.273

Modified: 2026-09-16T20:38:33.883

Link: CVE-2026-77179

cve-icon Redhat

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