Docker 29.8.2 Security Patch: 13 Fixes
If you run any Docker deployment on a VPS you control, the release from 30 September 2026 is not a routine version bump. Docker Engine 29.8.2 ships 13 security fixes - three in the engine itself and ten in the bundled BuildKit - including one high-severity issue that can hand a remote attacker your registry credentials or swap the image you pull, and two that bite exactly the setup most self-hosters use. This is the hosting upgrade to do this week, not next month. Why this release matters Docker Engine 29.8.2 was released on 30 September 2026 as a dedicated security release.[1] It fixes three Docker Engine vulnerabilities plus a batch of ten BuildKit vulnerabilities, and it bundles updated containerd (v2.3.6), BuildKit (v0.33.1) and runc (v1.5.2).[1][2] …
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