CVE-2014-8178 — docker: Attacker controlled layer IDs lead to local graph content poisoning

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MEDIUM

docker: Attacker controlled layer IDs lead to local graph content poisoning

Published Dec 4, 2019

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.49%

Description

Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 do not use a globally unique identifier to store image layers, which makes it easier for attackers to poison the image cache via a crafted image in pull or push commands.

Affected products

Vendor Docker Product CS Docker Engine Default
n/a
- Version
  before 1.6.2-CS7
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Docker Product Docker Engine Default
n/a
- Version
  before 1.8.3
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Docker

CS Docker Engine

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
before 1.6.2-CS7	affected	-

Docker

Docker Engine

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
before 1.8.3	affected	-

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	docker	Will not fix	n/a

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue is exploitable by malicious Docker images. Red Hat supports images from it's own registry, ISV images certified by the Red Hat certification program, and images using qualified customer content.

Metrics

0.49% 0.00493

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00493

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.49% (0.00493)	40.03th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.49% (0.00493)	38.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00056)	14.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.12% (0.00121)	47.97th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 13, 2024	0.10% (0.00095)	40.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00095)	38.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (9)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00014.html
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8178
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271253
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#183-2015-10-12
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/docker-dev/bWVVtLNbFy8/UaefOqMOCAAJ
x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8178
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8178
https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-cve-database
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00014.html		x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8178		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271253		Issue Tracking
https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#183-2015-10-12		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/docker-dev/bWVVtLNbFy8/UaefOqMOCAAJ		x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8178
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8178
https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-cve-database		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory