CVE-2016-8867
This allowed malicious images to bypass user permissions to access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Docker Engine 1.12.2 enabled ambient capabilities with misconfigured capability policies. This allowed malicious images to bypass user permissions to access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.75% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- docker/docker
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94228Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037203
- https://www.docker.com/docker-cve-databaseVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94228Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037203
- https://www.docker.com/docker-cve-databaseVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.