HIGH 8.3 NVD
CVE-2026-78122
docker-socket-proxy fails to properly gate read endpoints in the /containers Docker API namespace when the CONTAINERS environment variable is set. Attackers can
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.
References
- https://gist.github.com/nedlir/e4f52f88a757f02c67db1fd5dd70d732
- https://github.com/Tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy
- https://github.com/Tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy/blob/v0.5.0/haproxy.cfg#L49-L61
- https://github.com/Tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy/issues/182
- https://github.com/Tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy/pull/183
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.3 was published on 2026-08-22 via NVD.
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