Docker Sandboxes egress proxy forwards unrecognized credentials
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Docker Sandboxes from 0.21.0 before 0.43.0 can forward a client-supplied credential alongside the credential injected by the host egress proxy. The proxy removes alternate credentials only when their values match known sentinel values, so an unrecognized credential passes through (CWE-200). Untrusted code running in an authorized sandbox can use this to authenticate requests to an attacker-controlled account at affected upstream services and expose data included in those requests.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Docker Sandboxes could forward a client-supplied credential alongside a credential injected by the host egress proxy. The proxy removed alternate credentials only when their values matched known sentinel values, so untrusted code in an authorized sandbox could supply an unrecognized credential in another supported authentication header. For affected upstream services, this could authenticate the request to an attacker-controlled account and expose data included in the request.
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
Upgrade Docker Sandboxes to 0.43.0, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Docker Sandboxes (Docker) Fixed in 0.43.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105452
References
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Sources
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