FKIE_CVE-2025-15558

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-04 17:16 - Updated: 2026-03-09 17:38
Severity ?
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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/cli@v29.1.5+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.
References
security@docker.comhttps://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/Release Notes
security@docker.comhttps://github.com/docker/cli/pull/6713Issue Tracking, Patch
security@docker.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-28304/Not Applicable
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
docker command_line_interface *
microsoft windows -
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