Docker Desktop Security Restriction Bypass Vulnerability
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Docker Desktop contains a security restriction bypass vulnerability.
- Who is affected
- Docker Desktop users on affected versions.
- Urgency
- Moderate; no active exploitation reported but restriction bypass reduces security posture.
- Action
- Update Docker Desktop to the version addressing CVE-2026-17106.
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Details
Original advisory: https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/docker-desktop-security-restriction-bypass-vulnerability_20260812
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-171060.33% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 25% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-17106 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- medium[NEW] [medium] docker: Vulnerability allows manipulation of filescert-bund
- highGHSA-hfg8-hc9c-6c3h: moby/go-archive: Crafted tar archive can write outside the extraction directoryghsa
- unknownCVE-2026-17106: The tar extraction routines in moby/go-archive (Unpack, UnpackLayer, Untar/UntarUncompressed, …nvd
- unknownCVE-2026-17106: Tar extraction in moby/go-archive can write outside the destination directory via link followi…msrc
- unknownVulnerability in Docker (August 11, 2026)cert-fr-avis
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