# CVE-2026-41567: Docker: \`PUT /containers/{id}/archive\` executes container binary on the host

- Also known as: GHSA-X86F-5XW2-FM2R, GO-2026-5746
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.0.0-beta.14, 29.5.1
- Published: 2026-06-05 · Updated: 2026-09-09

## Affected

- moby moby/v2/daemon: fixed in 2.0.0-beta.14
- moby Docker Engine: fixed in 29.5.1
- docker docker/daemon: through 28.5.2
- github.com/moby/moby/v2 (Go): fixed in 2.0.0-beta.14
- github.com/docker/docker (Go): through 28.5.2
- github.com/moby/moby (Go): through 28.5.2
- github.com/docker/docker (Go): all versions
- github.com/moby/moby (Go): all versions

## Description

Moby is an open source container framework. In versions prior to 29.5.1 and in moby/moby v2 prior to v2.0.0-beta.14, when a compressed archive is uploaded to a container via `PUT /containers/{id}/archive` or piped through `docker cp -`, the daemon resolves decompression binaries (such as `xz` or `unpigz`) from the container's filesystem rather than the host's due to incorrect ordering of operations. A malicious container image containing a trojanized decompression binary can achieve arbitrary code execution with full daemon privileges, including host root UID and unrestricted capabilities, when a user uploads a compressed (xz or gzip) archive into that container. This issue is fixed in Docker Engine 29.5.1 and moby/moby v2.0.0-beta.14. Workarounds include only running containers from trusted images, using authorization plugins to restrict access to the `PUT /containers/{id}/archive` endpoint, and avoiding piping compressed archives into containers created from untrusted images

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Docker, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.0-beta.14, 29.5.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/moby/moby/security/advisories/GHSA-x86f-5xw2-fm2r
- https://github.com/berdav/CVE-2026-41567

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