{"cve":"CVE-2025-15558","nvd":{"published":"2026-03-04T17:16:14.763","modified":"2026-07-15T02:17:22.307","status":"Modified","description":"Docker CLI for Windows searches for plugin binaries in C:\\ProgramData\\Docker\\cli-plugins, a directory that does not exist by default. A low-privileged attacker can create this directory and place malicious CLI plugin binaries (docker-compose.exe, docker-buildx.exe, etc.) that are executed when a victim user opens Docker Desktop or invokes Docker CLI plugin features, and allow privilege-escalation if the docker CLI is executed as a privileged user.\n\nThis issue affects Docker CLI: through 29.1.5 and Windows binaries acting as a CLI-plugin manager using the  github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/manager https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/docker/cli@v29.1.5+incompatible/cli-plugins/manager  package, such as Docker Compose.\n\nThis issue does not impact non-Windows binaries, and projects not using the plugin-manager code.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U","score":7.0},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.0},"cwes":["CWE-427"],"references":["https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/","https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/6713","https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-28304/","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15558","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2444574"],"products":["docker:command_line_interface"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:24:17.937441719+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-15558","score":0.00549,"percentile":0.45994,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p","summary":"Docker CLI Plugins: Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation on Windows","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:39.956404854Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/docker/cli","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/docker/cli","ranges":[">=19.03.0 <29.2.0"],"fixed":["29.2.0"]}]},{"id":"GO-2026-4610","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-4610","summary":"Docker CLI Plugins: Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation on Windows in github.com/docker/cli","modified":"2026-03-23T04:56:01.172729157Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/docker/cli","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/docker/cli","ranges":["<29.2.0+incompatible"],"fixed":["29.2.0+incompatible"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/docker/compose","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/docker/compose","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/docker/compose/v2","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/docker/compose/v2","ranges":[">=2.31.0"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/docker/compose/v5","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/docker/compose/v5","ranges":["<5.1.0"],"fixed":["5.1.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}