Docker exec hangs after docker exec spawns 50+ zombie processes

General
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OS:
RHEL 7.5
App Version:
18.09.1
linux/amd64

Issue:
After calling a script to make 50 zombie processes, docker exec ... hangs.

Steps to Repro:
Make this script:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import subprocess
import time


pid = os.fork()
if pid == 0:  # child
    # time.sleep(100)
    pid2 = os.fork()
    if pid2 != 0:  # parent
        while True:
            print('The zombie pid will be: {}'.format(pid2))
            time.sleep(30)
else:  # parent
    # os.waitpid(pid, 0)
    subprocess.check_call(('ps', 'xawuf'))
    time.sleep(5)

Make another script to call the previous script.

for i in `seq 1 50`
do
        docker exec dashDB python /tmp/bad_parent.py &
done

wait

Run the previous script and make the zombie processes. Then docker exec ... exhibits the hanging behavior.
We would expect docker exec ... to run regardless of the number of zombie processes spawned.

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Can anyone help with this?