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CVE-2018-15514

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

HandleRequestAsync in Docker for Windows before 18.06.0-ce-rc3-win68 (edge) and before 18.06.0-ce-win72 (stable) deserialized requests over the \\.\pipe\dockerBackend named pipe without verifying the validity of the deserialized .NET objects. This would allow a malicious user in the "docker-users" group (who may not otherwise have administrator access) to escalate to administrator privileges.

Affected products

• Docker Engine: 1.10.0.0-0, 1.10.1.42-1, 1.10.2.12, 1.10.2.14, 1.10.4.0, 1.10.6 (+98)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105202
• https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/edge-release-notes/
• https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/release-notes/
• https://srcincite.io/blog/2018/08/31/you-cant-contain-me-analyzing-and-exploiting-an-elevation-of-privilege-in-docker-for-windows.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105202
• https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/edge-release-notes/
• https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/release-notes/
• https://srcincite.io/blog/2018/08/31/you-cant-contain-me-analyzing-and-exploiting-an-elevation-of-privilege-in-docker-for-windows.html

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