CVE-2026-41568Moby: Race condition in docker cp allows creation of arbitrary empty files on the host via symlink swap
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 0.11%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 99% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.11% · top 99% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/docker/dockerGHSA-vp62-88p7-qqf5 (opens in a new tab)
- Gogithub.com/moby/mobyGHSA-vp62-88p7-qqf5 (opens in a new tab)
- Gogithub.com/moby/moby/v2GHSA-vp62-88p7-qqf5 (opens in a new tab)
References
References1
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-36527 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vp62-88p7-qqf5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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