CVE-2026-41568

Public on 2026-06-12

Modified on 2026-06-17

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.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.1

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra	docker	Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra	docker	Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra	docker	Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023	docker	Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2026-41568 Mitre: CVE-2026-41568