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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-15664 · published 23 May 2019

CVE-2018-15664: Docker race condition vulnerability

Docker · Docker

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).

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 3.4% · top 11.5% CWE-362 · Race condition
7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.2
3.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
21References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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/2019/05/28/1 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/21/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108507 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1910
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096726 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/39252 Issue TrackingThird 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-2018-15664 Third 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/2019/05/28/1 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/21/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108507 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1910
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096726 ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/39252 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-15664
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4048-1/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-15664), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.