CVE-2014-9356

Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-12-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Path traversal vulnerability in Docker before 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and bypass a container protection mechanism via a full pathname in a symlink in an (1) image or (2) build in a Dockerfile.

Affected products

Docker Engine: before 1.3.3 — fixed in 1.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Docker Engine 1.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534215/100/0/threaded
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172761
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534215/100/0/threaded

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