GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrw

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    GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrw

    Published: 15 Feb 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine

    Details: Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3627, https://github.com/docker/docker/commit/d5ebb60bddbabea0439213501f4f6ed494b23cba, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ, https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html, https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html, https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/docker/docker

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/docker/docker

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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