CVE-2026-5843CWE-829

Docker Model Runner container-to-host code execution via MLX-LM model_file importlib loading

High · published May 22, 2026

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

The MLX inference backend in Docker Model Runner on macOS uses the MLX-LM library, which unconditionally imports and executes arbitrary Python files from model directories via the model_file configuration field in config.json. When a model's config.json specifies a model_file pointing to a Python file, MLX-LM uses importlib to load and execute it with no trust_remote_code gate or equivalent safety check. The MLX backend runs without sandboxing, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the Docker host as the Docker Desktop user.

Any container on the Docker network can trigger this by calling the model-runner.docker.internal API to pull a malicious model from an attacker-controlled OCI registry 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
2026-05-22T19:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 MAY 19:28Z
    Docker Model Runner container-to-host code execution via MLX-LM model_file importlib loading
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