Docker env/secret values exposed in world-readable argv
Cluster 96268. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #99637 on 31 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99637. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #99637. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A security issue where the Docker backend passes forwarded environment and secret values via command-line arguments to docker exec, making them visible in /proc/*/cmdline. The members cover the vulnerability report and associated fixes to keep these values out of the process argument list.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#99637 fix(docker): keep forwarded secret values out of world-readable argv
files:
tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py,tools/environments/docker.py
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#96268security: docker backend passes forwarded env values via `docker exec -e KEY=VALUE` — secrets are world-readable in /proc/*/cmdline on every terminal call
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0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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Open the LabAt a glance
- Merged PRs
- #99637
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 31 Aug 2026