Moby has AuthZ plugin bypass when provided oversized request bodies

Description

Summary

A security vulnerability has been detected that allows attackers to bypass authorization plugins (AuthZ) under specific circumstances. The base likelihood of this being exploited is low.

This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-41110.

Impact

If you don't use AuthZ plugins, you are not affected.

Using a specially-crafted API request, an attacker could make the Docker daemon forward the request to an authorization plugin without the body. The authorization plugin may allow a request which it would have otherwise denied if the body had been forwarded to it.

Anyone who depends on authorization plugins that introspect the request body to make access control decisions is potentially impacted.

Workarounds

If unable to update immediately:
- Avoid using AuthZ plugins that rely on request body inspection for security decisions.
- Restrict access to the Docker API to trusted parties, following the principle of least privilege.

Credits

Resources

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2026-03-27 17:43:16 UTC
Updated
2026-05-20 22:32:01 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-03-27 17:43:16 UTC
NVD published
2026-03-30

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.01% 0.87%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
8.8 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Credits

  • vvoland (remediation_developer)
  • manizada (reporter)
  • VladimirEliTokarev (reporter)
  • 1seal (reporter)
  • bottarocarlo (analyst)

Affected packages (3)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/moby/moby < 29.3.1 29.3.1
go github.com/docker/docker < 29.3.1 29.3.1
go github.com/moby/moby/v2 < 2.0.0-beta.8 2.0.0-beta.8

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence