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CVE-2026-126329: Docker Sandboxes reuses existing state and configuration directories without verifying their ownership

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-126329· High 7.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.3 High : upgrade to 0.53.0 soon.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 19:19 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (Docker)CVSS 4.07.3
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.53.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 12 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Docker Sandboxes to 0.53.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
DockerDocker SandboxesAffected
  • >=0.7.0 <0.53.0
Fixed in
  • 0.53.0

Description

Docker Sandboxes reuses existing state and configuration directories without verifying their ownership. If sbx or sandboxd is run as root with HOME or, on Linux, XDG_STATE_HOME pointing to an attacker-controlled location, a local unprivileged user can substitute control-plane sockets and configuration trusted by the root process, potentially executing commands as root. Exploitation requires a privileged invocation with an attacker-influenced environment. The issue affects Linux and macOS and is fixed in version 0.53.0.

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