CVE-2026-5817 (GCVE-0-2026-5817)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 19:24 – Updated: 2026-05-27 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Docker Model Runner container-to-host code execution via unsandboxed trust_remote_code in Python inference backends
Summary
The vllm-metal inference backend in Docker Model Runner on macOS unconditionally sets trust_remote_code=True when loading model tokenizers, and runs without sandboxing. This causes transformers.AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained() to import and execute arbitrary Python files included in any model pulled from an OCI registry, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the Docker host as the Docker Desktop user when inference is triggered.
Any container on the Docker network can trigger this by calling the model-runner.docker.internal API to pull a malicious model and request inference.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-26 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4680 | release-notes |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Docker | Docker Desktop |
Affected:
4.62.0 , < 4.68.0
(semver)
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