Docker Desktop < 4.76.0 VM Panic via Unbounded Recursion (CVE-2026-8936)

The version of Docker Desktop installed on the remote host is prior to 4.76.0. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability: - 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...

CVE-2026-8936 Unbounded recursion in grpcfuse kernel module allows container to crash Docker Desktop VM

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...

CVE-2026-8936 Unbounded recursion in grpcfuse kernel module allows container to crash Docker Desktop VM

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...

CVE-2026-8936

CVE-2026-8936 describes an unbounded recursion in the grpcfuse kernel module that can cause a VM panic in the Docker Desktop VM when a container creates deeply nested directories on a bind-mounted host folder, triggering a dentry invalidation event. The issue has been fixed in Docker Desktop 4.76...