> Specifically for docker it is a very common gotcha that the container runtime can and will bypass firewall rules and open ports anyway. Depending on your configuration, those firewall rules in OP may not actually do anything to prevent docker from opening incoming ports.

This sounds like great news. I followed some of the open issues about this on GitHub and it never really got a satisfactory fix. I found some previous threads on this "StrictForwardPorts": https://qqrl.tk/item?id=42603136.