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GHSA-GV8H-7V7W-R22Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-27 20:19 – Updated: 2025-11-27 08:53

Summary

Docker Compose Vulnerable to Path Traversal via OCI Artifact Layer Annotations

Details

Impact

This affects any platform or workflow that resolves remote OCI compose artifacts, Docker Desktop, standalone Compose binaries on Linux, CI/CD runners, cloud dev environments is affected. An attacker can escape the cache directory and overwrite arbitrary files on the machine running docker compose, even if the user only runs read‑only commands such as docker compose config or docker compose ps.

Patches

v2.40.2

Workarounds

Severity

8.9 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/docker/compose/v2"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.34.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.40.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-62725"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-27T20:19:34Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-27T21:15:38Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Docker Compose trusts the path information embedded in remote OCI compose artifacts. When a layer includes the annotations com.docker.compose.extends or com.docker.compose.envfile, Compose joins the attacker\u2011supplied value from com.docker.compose.file/com.docker.compose.envfile with its local cache directory and writes the file there. \n\n### Impact\nThis affects any platform or workflow that resolves remote OCI compose artifacts, Docker Desktop, standalone Compose binaries on Linux, CI/CD runners, cloud dev environments is affected.\nAn attacker can escape the cache directory and overwrite arbitrary files on the machine running docker compose, even if the user only runs read\u2011only commands such as docker compose config or docker compose ps.\n\n### Patches\nv2.40.2\n\n### Workarounds\nNA",
  "id": "GHSA-gv8h-7v7w-r22q",
  "modified": "2025-11-27T08:53:10Z",
  "published": "2025-10-27T20:19:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/docker/compose/security/advisories/GHSA-gv8h-7v7w-r22q"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62725"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/docker/compose/commit/69bcb962bfb2ea53b41aa925333d356b577d6176"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/docker/compose"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Docker Compose Vulnerable to Path Traversal via OCI Artifact Layer Annotations"
}

CVE-2025-62725 (GCVE-0-2025-62725)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-27 20:37 – Updated: 2025-10-28 14:47

Title

Docker Compose Vulnerable to Path Traversal via OCI Artifact Layer Annotations

Summary

Docker Compose trusts the path information embedded in remote OCI compose artifacts. When a layer includes the annotations com.docker.compose.extends or com.docker.compose.envfile, Compose joins the attacker‑supplied value from com.docker.compose.file/com.docker.compose.envfile with its local cache directory and writes the file there. This affects any platform or workflow that resolves remote OCI compose artifacts, Docker Desktop, standalone Compose binaries on Linux, CI/CD runners, cloud dev environments is affected. An attacker can escape the cache directory and overwrite arbitrary files on the machine running docker compose, even if the user only runs read‑only commands such as docker compose config or docker compose ps. This issue is fixed in v2.40.2.

Severity

8.9 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-28 14:47 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7913 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/docker/compose/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/docker/compose/commit/69bcb962…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
docker	compose	Affected: < 2.40.2

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                "timestamp": "2025-10-28T14:47:30.993646Z",
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