CVE-2026-8936 PUBLISHED

Unbounded recursion in grpcfuse kernel module allows container to crash Docker Desktop VM

Assigner: Docker
Reserved: 19.05.2026 Published: 02.06.2026 Updated: 03.06.2026

Fixed a VM panic caused by unbounded recursion in the grpcfuse kernel module when a container created deeply nested directories on a bind-mounted host folder and triggered a dentry invalidation event. This issue has been fixed in Docker Desktop 4.76.0.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/R:U
CVSS Score: 8.2

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	High
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Docker
Product	Docker Desktop
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 4.33.0 to 4.76.0 (excl.)

Credits

Nitesh Surana of TrendAI Research of Trend Micro finder

References

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4760

Problem Types

CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion CWE