CVSS 4.0
7.0 highCVSS: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:UCVE-2025-15558
High (7.0) in docker command line interface. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/docker/cli 29.2.0, 29.2.0+incompatible.
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.
This 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.
This issue does not impact non-Windows binaries, and projects not using the plugin-manager code.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
8.0 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-427
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- docker:command_line_interface
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p | Go | github.com/docker/cli | >=19.03.0 <29.2.0 | 29.2.0 |
| GO-2026-4610 | Go | github.com/docker/cli | <29.2.0+incompatible | 29.2.0+incompatible |
| GO-2026-4610 | Go | github.com/docker/compose | all versions | no fix published |
| GO-2026-4610 | Go | github.com/docker/compose/v2 | >=2.31.0 | no fix published |
| GO-2026-4610 | Go | github.com/docker/compose/v5 | <5.1.0 | 5.1.0 |