docker: Manifest validation and parsing logic errors allow pull-by-digest validation bypass
Published Dec 4, 2019
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.73%
Description
Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 does not properly validate and extract the manifest object from its JSON representation during a pull, which allows attackers to inject new attributes in a JSON object and bypass pull-by-digest validation.
Affected products
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- Version before 1.6.2-CS7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version before 1.8.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Docker | CS Docker Engine | n/a |
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| Docker | Docker Engine | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
docker
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | docker | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02733) | 85.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02733) | 84.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.31% (0.01308) | 77.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.64% (0.10636) | 88.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.31% (0.01308) | 78.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00191) | 57.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00186) | 56.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00186) | 54.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00014.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8179 Vendor Advisory
- https://blog.docker.com/2015/10/security-release-docker-1-8-3-1-6-2-cs7/ x_refsource_MISCNot ApplicableVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271256 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-2014-8179
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8179
- 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_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8179 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://blog.docker.com/2015/10/security-release-docker-1-8-3-1-6-2-cs7/ | x_refsource_MISCNot ApplicableVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271256 | 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-2014-8179 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8179 | ||
| https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-cve-database | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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