Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 does not properly validate and extract the manifest object from its JSON re
Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 does not properly validate and extract the manifest object from its JSON representation during a pull, which allows attackers to inject new attributes in a JSON object and bypass pull-by-digest validation.
- Published
- Dec 17, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.7% · 86th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-20
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Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.7%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| docker | docker | cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker |
| docker | cs engine | cpe:2.3:a:docker:cs_engine |
| opensuse | opensuse | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- docker dockerbefore 1.8.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Docker CS Docker Engine
- before 1.6.2-CS7affected
Docker Docker Engine
- before 1.8.3affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | docker.io | before 1.8.3~ds1-1 | 1.8.3~ds1-1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | docker | before 1.12.3-4.1 | 1.12.3-4.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | docker-stable | before 24.0.9_ce-15.1 | 24.0.9_ce-15.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 | docker | before 1.8.3-49.1 | 1.8.3-49.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 | docker-stable | before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 | docker-stable | before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | docker-stable | before 24.0.9_ce-1.20.1 | 24.0.9_ce-1.20.1 |
Same product
docker: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2014-8178Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 do not use a globally unique identifier to store image layers, which makes 22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:docker.io | 1.8.3~ds1-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:docker | 1.12.3-4.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:docker-stable | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:docker | 1.8.3-49.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:docker-stable | 24.0.9_ce-1.20.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:docker-stable | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-20 · Improper Input ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- Cross Zone ScriptingCAPEC-104likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or InformationT1027
- Masquerading: Invalid Code SignatureT1036.001
- Steal Web Session CookieT1539
- Subvert Trust Controls: Code SigningT1553.002
- Impair Defenses:Impair Command History LoggingT1562.003
- Hijack Execution Flow:Dynamic Linker HijackingT1574.006
- Hijack Execution Flow:Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
Noroxi analysis
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00014.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html
- blog.docker.com/2015/10/security-release-docker-1-8-3-1-6-2-cs7/
- github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#183-2015-10-12
- groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/docker-dev/bWVVtLNbFy8/UaefOqMOCAAJ
- www.docker.com/legal/docker-cve-database
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.