Description
MCP Gateway allows easy and secure running and deployment of MCP servers. From 0.21.0 until 0.42.2, Docker MCP Gateway YAML-unmarshalled the attacker-controlled io.docker.server.metadata OCI image label into the broad catalog.Server structure for direct docker:// references and catalog snapshot imports in pkg/oci/self_contained.go and pkg/workingset/workingset.go. Runtime-shaping fields including Volumes, User, and ExtraHosts were then appended to the docker run argument vector without an origin allowlist, allowing a malicious image author to request host filesystem or Docker socket mounts and UID 0 execution when a victim selected or pulled the image. This container-creation-time boundary bypass can execute arbitrary code on the host and is not prevented by no-new-privileges because no in-container privilege escalation is required. This issue is fixed in version 0.42.2.
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r2xf-7jw5-pjg6 Docker MCP Gateway: Argument injection via OCI image label YAML
History

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Docker
Docker mcp Gateway
Vendors & Products Docker
Docker mcp Gateway

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description MCP Gateway allows easy and secure running and deployment of MCP servers. From 0.21.0 until 0.42.2, Docker MCP Gateway YAML-unmarshalled the attacker-controlled io.docker.server.metadata OCI image label into the broad catalog.Server structure for direct docker:// references and catalog snapshot imports in pkg/oci/self_contained.go and pkg/workingset/workingset.go. Runtime-shaping fields including Volumes, User, and ExtraHosts were then appended to the docker run argument vector without an origin allowlist, allowing a malicious image author to request host filesystem or Docker socket mounts and UID 0 execution when a victim selected or pulled the image. This container-creation-time boundary bypass can execute arbitrary code on the host and is not prevented by no-new-privileges because no in-container privilege escalation is required. This issue is fixed in version 0.42.2.
Title MCP Gateway: Argument injection via OCI image label YAML in Docker MCP Gateway
Weaknesses CWE-88
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


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Docker Mcp Gateway
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T18:02:09.186Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T16:59:42.760Z

Link: CVE-2026-55887

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T17:45:44.551Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T16:17:16.667

Modified: 2026-09-15T19:17:23.150

Link: CVE-2026-55887

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T18:45:18Z

Weaknesses