Docker Sandboxes network egress allowlist bypass via unfiltered DNS resolution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Docker Sandboxes (sbx) enforces an HTTP/S-only egress allowlist but does not apply it to DNS resolution: the per-network embedded DNS server forwards any queried name to the host resolver whenever the network is internet-connected, without consulting the policy. A workload inside a sandbox, which the threat model treats as untrusted, can therefore encode data into DNS labels for an attacker-controlled domain and exfiltrate it through a DNS covert channel, bypassing the configured allowlist.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Docker Sandboxes (Docker) Fixed in 0.33.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Docker Sandboxes 0.33.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-10757 Docker Sandboxes ICMP egress restriction bypass after daemon restartPriority LOW 22
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12039
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4crj-qc6g-g3xj
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-12039 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12039 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4crj-qc6g-g3xj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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