CVE-2026-5817CWE-829

Docker Model Runner container-to-host code execution via unsandboxed trust_remote_code in Python inference backends

High · published May 22, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
EPSS
0.00184 · 7.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-829 · Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Published
2026-05-22T19:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 MAY 19:24Z
    Docker Model Runner container-to-host code execution via unsandboxed trust_remote_code in Python inference backends
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