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 the host filesystem with root privileges, because…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 the host filesystem with root privileges, because daemon/archive.go does not do archive operations on a frozen filesystem (or from within a chroot).
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.43% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- docker/docker
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.4% 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00066.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/28/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/21/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108507Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1910
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096726Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/39252Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-15664
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4048-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-15664Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00066.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/28/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/21/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108507Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1910
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096726Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/39252Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-15664
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4048-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.