CVE-2025-15558
Essential information
- Published
- 04/03/2026 17:16
- Modified
- 04/03/2026 18:08
- Author
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- Creator
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- CVSS
- 7.0 HIGH (v3) 7.0 HIGH (v4.0)
- CISA KEV
- No
- CWE
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- CVSS vector
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS metrics
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- Confidentiality impact
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- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- Attack vector
- LOCAL
- Attack complexity
- LOW
- Attack requirements
- NONE
- Privileges required
- LOW
- User interaction
- PASSIVE
- Confidentiality (V)
- HIGH
- Confidentiality (S)
- NONE
- Integrity (V)
- HIGH
- Integrity (S)
- NONE
- Availability (V)
- HIGH
- Availability (S)
- NONE
- Exploit maturity
- NOT_DEFINED
Description
Docker CLI for Windows searches for plugin binaries in C:\ProgramData\Docker\cli-plugins, a directory that does not exist by default. A low-privileged attacker can create this directory and place malicious CLI plugin binaries (docker-compose.exe, docker-buildx.exe, etc.) that are executed when a victim user opens Docker Desktop or invokes Docker CLI plugin features, and allow privilege-escalation if the docker CLI is executed as a privileged user.
This issue affects Docker CLI: through 29.1.5 and Windows binaries acting as a CLI-plugin manager using the github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/manager https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/docker/[email protected]+incompatible/cli-plugins/manager package, such as Docker Compose.
This issue does not impact non-Windows binaries, and projects not using the plugin-manager code.
NVD status
- Status
- Undergoing Analysis — CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.
- Source
- [email protected]
- NVD
- View on NVD
Affected products (CPE)
| Product | CPE |
|---|---|
| docker / cli | cpe:2.3:a:docker:cli:<29.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| docker / docker compose | cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_compose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| docker / docker buildx | cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_buildx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |