Docker Engine classifies a registry hostname as insecure using an any-match DNS check. loadInsecureRegistries() injects 127.0.0.0/8 and ::1/128 as insecure CIDRs by default. isCIDRMatch resolves all of the hostname's addresses and returns true if a single address is in the insecure CIDR list. Because the transport re-dials the hostname rather than the CIDR-matching address, a DNS answer set of one loopback IP plus a non-loopback attacker IP disables certificate verification and enables HTTP fallback for the registry connection.
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| Description | Docker Engine classifies a registry hostname as insecure using an any-match DNS check. loadInsecureRegistries() injects 127.0.0.0/8 and ::1/128 as insecure CIDRs by default. isCIDRMatch resolves all of the hostname's addresses and returns true if a single address is in the insecure CIDR list. Because the transport re-dials the hostname rather than the CIDR-matching address, a DNS answer set of one loopback IP plus a non-loopback attacker IP disables certificate verification and enables HTTP fallback for the registry connection. | |
| Title | Docker Engine insecure-registry fallback via malicious DNS responses | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-295 CWE-319 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Docker
Published: 2026-10-07T16:44:21.237Z
Updated: 2026-10-07T20:31:28.770Z
Reserved: 2026-09-16T13:00:33.499Z
Link: CVE-2026-92543
Updated: 2026-10-07T20:31:22.747Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-07T17:17:02.727
Modified: 2026-10-08T20:46:35.260
Link: CVE-2026-92543