Ask Gordon AI assistant lack of validation Vulnerability

A critical vulnerability, codenamed DockerDash, in Docker's Ask Gordon AI assistant allowed remote code execution and data exfiltration. This "Meta-Context Injection" flaw leveraged malicious metadata labels within Docker images, which Ask Gordon AI processed and executed via the MCP Gateway due to a lack of validation.

What Happened

A critical vulnerability, codenamed DockerDash, in Docker's Ask Gordon AI assistant allowed remote code execution and data exfiltration. This "Meta-Context Injection" flaw leveraged malicious metadata labels within Docker images, which Ask Gordon AI processed and executed via the MCP Gateway due to a lack of validation.

Why This Matters

Publisher reporting describes a security event affecting Meta. BugSkan could not yet bind a CVE or affected version, so treat the source details as the current record.

Recommended Action

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Exposure

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Exploitation status: UNKNOWN

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Timeline

• Incident first seen
  Feb 03, 2026 05:30

  BugSkan first recorded this incident.

• Docker Fixes Critical Ask Gordon AI Flaw Allowing Code Execution via Image Metadata - The Hacker News
  Feb 03, 2026 05:30

  thehackernews.com · Vulnerability

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