CVE-2018-15664
In Docker through 18.06.1-ce-rc2, the API endpoints behind the 'docker cp' command are vulnerable to a symlink-exchange attack with Directory Traversal, giving attackers arbitrary read-write access to
02 Description
In Docker through 18.06.1-ce-rc2, the API endpoints behind the 'docker cp' command are vulnerable to a symlink-exchange attack with Directory Traversal, giving attackers arbitrary read-write access to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-05-23 13:58Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 76288cec8320186c8aed9e015abf1797f65c238f75b685856159d55c7425ae44
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096726
- github.comhttps://github.com/moby/moby/pull/39252
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190528 CVE-2018-15664: docker (all versions) is vulnerable to a symlink-race attackhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/28/1
- www.securityfocus.com108507http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108507
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1621http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00066.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4048-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4048-1/
- portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-15664
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:1910https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1910
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190821 RE: CVE-2018-15664: docker (all versions) is vulnerable to a symlink-race attackhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/21/1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2044http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00001.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- docker Fixed in 1:18.09.7-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- docker.io Fixed in 18.09.1+dfsg1-7.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- docker.io Fixed in 18.09.1+dfsg1-7.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- docker.io Fixed in 18.09.1+dfsg1-7.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- docker.io Fixed in 18.09.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- docker.io Fixed in 18.09.7-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.