Security advisory
Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable software containerization. A bug was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where attempting to copy files using `docker cp` into a specially-crafted container can result in Unix file permission changes for existing files in the host’s filesystem, widening access to others. This bug does not directly allow files to be read, modified, or executed without an additional cooperating process. This bug has been fixed in Moby (Docker Engine) 20.10.9. Users should update to this version as soon as possible. Running containers do not need to be restarted.
- Products
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- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-41089
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable software containerization. A bug was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where attempting to copy files using `docker cp` into a specially-crafted container can result in Unix file permission changes for existing files in the host’s filesystem, widening access to others. This bug does not directly allow files to be read, modified, or executed without an additional cooperating process. This bug has been fixed in Moby (Docker Engine) 20.10.9. Users should update to this version as soon as possible. Running containers do not need to be restarted.
osv:CVE-2021-41089
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:55.940534982Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5Q6G6I4W5COQE25QMC7FJY3I3PAYFBB/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNFADTCHHYWVM6W4NJ6CB4FNFM2VMBIB/",
"https://github.com/moby/moby/security/advisories/GHSA-v994-f8vw-g7j4",
"https://github.com/moby/moby/commit/bce32e5c93be4caf1a592582155b9cb837fc129a"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2021-10-04T21:15:12.62+00:00"
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