Docker Sandboxes versions 0.31.0 before 0.50.0 do not neutralize repository-controlled Git configuration when running certain host-side Git commands. An attacker who can modify a host repository's Git configuration, for example through a direct-mode sandbox with the repository mounted read-write, can configure core.fsmonitor or another Git setting that invokes an external program. Git can execute the program during a later clone-mode fetch or, starting in version 0.39.0, an sbx kit push initiated by the user. The program runs on the host with the invoking user's permissions, outside the sandbox's microVM isolation. The read-only host repository mount provided to a clone-mode sandbox does not itself allow that sandbox to modify the host repository's Git configuration. The issue is fixed in version 0.50.0.
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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade Docker Sandboxes to version 0.50.0 or later.


Workaround

Until upgrading, do not run clone-mode sandbox creation or start, or sbx kit push, in repositories whose Git configuration or .git metadata can be modified by untrusted code, such as a repository mounted read-write into another sandbox.

History

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description Docker Sandboxes versions 0.31.0 before 0.50.0 do not neutralize repository-controlled Git configuration when running certain host-side Git commands. An attacker who can modify a host repository's Git configuration, for example through a direct-mode sandbox with the repository mounted read-write, can configure core.fsmonitor or another Git setting that invokes an external program. Git can execute the program during a later clone-mode fetch or, starting in version 0.39.0, an sbx kit push initiated by the user. The program runs on the host with the invoking user's permissions, outside the sandbox's microVM isolation. The read-only host repository mount provided to a clone-mode sandbox does not itself allow that sandbox to modify the host repository's Git configuration. The issue is fixed in version 0.50.0.
Title Docker Sandboxes host Git executes repository-controlled programs
First Time appeared Docker
Docker docker Sandboxes
Weaknesses CWE-15
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_sandboxes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Docker
Docker docker Sandboxes
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Docker

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T21:54:58.464Z

Reserved: 2026-11-03T16:37:59.128Z

Link: CVE-2026-121614

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-03T22:19:46.880

Modified: 2026-11-03T22:19:46.880

Link: CVE-2026-121614

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