Host file disclosure via symlink traversal
Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Path traversal in Apple container before 1.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to read host files via crafted build-context file requests. In BuildFSSync.read() and BuildFSSync.info() in Sources/ContainerBuild/BuildFSSync.swift, the host checks whether a requested name is lexically inside the build context but then serves the file that the name resolves to, so a symlink inside the context can escape the context root. Exploitation requires a malicious builder peer and a build context containing an out-of-context symlink; the documented consequence is host file disclosure rather than modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Apple container before 1.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to read host files via crafted build-context file requests. In BuildFSSync.read() and BuildFSSync.info() in Sources/ContainerBuild/BuildFSSync.swift, the host checks whether a requested name is lexically inside the build context but then serves the file that the name resolves to, so a symlink inside the context can escape the context root. Exploitation requires a malicious builder peer and a build context containing an out-of-context symlink; the documented consequence is host file disclosure rather than modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64777
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- Container
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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