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CVE-2026-17106NVD
Vulnerability Summary
The tar extraction routines in moby/go-archive (Unpack, UnpackLayer, Untar/UntarUncompressed, and the ApplyLayer helpers) do not confine filesystem operations to the destination directory. The extractor decides where each archive entry lands using lexical string checks and then performs the filesystem operation on a path that is resolved by the OS, so links introduced by the archive can be followed out of the destination directory. An attacker who controls the contents of an archive can create or overwrite files at arbitrary paths writable by the extracting process.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 7.1 (HIGH)
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Attack RequirementsPresent
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionActive
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)High
Integrity (Vulnerable System)High
Availability (Vulnerable System)High
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)None
Integrity (Subsequent System)None
Availability (Subsequent System)None
Affected & Patched Versions
- moby go-archive < 0.3.0
- Docker Docker Sandboxes < 0.38.0
- Docker Docker Desktop < 4.86.0
- Docker Docker Engine < 29.7.0
- Docker Docker CLI < 29.7.0
- Docker Docker Compose < 5.4.0
- moby go-archive 0.3.0
- Docker Docker Sandboxes 0.38.0
- Docker Docker Desktop 4.86.0
- Docker Docker Engine 29.7.0
- Docker Docker CLI 29.7.0
- Docker Docker Compose 5.4.0
External References
- https://github.com/moby/go-archive/security/advisories/GHSA-hfg8-hc9c-6c3h
- https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4860
- https://github.com/docker/sbx-releases/releases/tag/v0.38.0
- https://docs.docker.com/engine/release-notes/29/#2970
- https://github.com/docker/cli/releases/tag/v29.7.0
- https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/tag/v5.4.0
- https://github.com/moby/go-archive/releases/tag/v0.3.0