CVE-2017-20198 (GCVE-0-2017-20198)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-23 13:50 – Updated: 2026-05-15 11:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
DC/OS Marathon UI < 1.9.0 Unauthenticated RCE via Docker Mount Abuse
Summary
The Marathon UI in DC/OS < 1.9.0 allows unauthenticated users to deploy arbitrary Docker containers. Due to improper restriction of volume mount configurations, attackers can deploy a container that mounts the host's root filesystem (/) with read/write privileges. When using a malicious Docker image, the attacker can write to /etc/cron.d/ on the host, achieving arbitrary code execution with root privileges. This impacts any system where the Docker daemon honors Marathon container configurations without policy enforcement.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-23 14:50 UTC
CWE
- CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42134 | exploit |
| https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasplo… | exploit |
| https://web.archive.org/web/20230609134421/https:… | technical-description |
| https://dcos.io/ | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dcos-maratho… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2iQ, Inc. | DC/OS Marathon |
Affected:
0 , < 1.9.0
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2017-06-07 00:00
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