CVE-2018-10892

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-250

Description

The default OCI linux spec in oci/defaults{_linux}.go in Docker/Moby from 1.11 to current does not block /proc/acpi pathnames. The flaw allows an attacker to modify host's hardware like enabling/disabling bluetooth or turning up/down keyboard brightness.

Affected products

Docker Engine: from 1.11 through 18.03.1
Docker Engine: from 1.11 through 17.03.2
openSUSE Leap: 15.0, 15.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
OpenStack: 12

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00084.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2796
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2482
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2729
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10892
https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/37404
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00084.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:2796
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2482
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2729
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10892
https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/37404

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