CVE-2026-42306 — Moby: Race condition in docker cp allows bind mount redirection to host path

Affected: moby

Moby is an open source container framework. In Docker Engine prior to version 29.5.1, Docker Daemon versions 28.5.2 and prior, and Moby Daemon prior to version 2.0.0-beta.14, a race condition during docker cp mount setup allows a malicious container to redirect a bind mount target to an arbitrary host path, potentially overwriting host files or causing denial of service. This issue has been patched in Docker Engine version 29.5.1 and Moby Daemon version 2.0.0-beta.14.

GHSA-rg2x-37c3-w2rh — Docker: Race condition in docker cp allows bind mount redirection to host path

Affected: Go: github.com/docker/docker, Go: github.com/moby/moby/v2, Go: github.com/moby/moby

## Summary

A race condition during `docker cp` mount setup allows a malicious container to redirect a bind mount target to an arbitrary host path, potentially overwriting host files or causing denial of service.

## Details

When copying files into a container, the daemon sets up a temporary filesystem view by bind-mounting volumes into a private mount namespace. During this setup, the mount destination is created inside the container root and then a bind mount is attached using the container-relative path resolved to an absolute host path.

Between mountpoint creation and the `mount()` syscall, a process running inside the container can replace the destination (or a parent path component) with a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location on the host. The `mount()` syscall follows the symlink, causing the volume to be bind-mounted onto an arbitrary host path instead of the intended container path.

## Impact

A malicious container can redirect a volume bind mount to an arbitrary host path. The impact depends on the volume content and mount options:

- If the volume is writable, arbitrary host files at the redirected path could be overwritten with the volume's contents. - If the volume is read-only, the host path is masked by the mount for the duration of the operation, causing denial of service. - In all cases the mount is temporary (torn down after the `docker cp` completes), but the effects of any writes persist.

### Conditions for exploitation

- A container must have at…

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CVE-2026-42306 — Moby: Race condition in docker cp allows bind mount redirection to host path

GHSA-rg2x-37c3-w2rh — Docker: Race condition in docker cp allows bind mount redirection to host path