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CVE-2018-15514
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-09-01T01:29:00.233 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:42:41.043

Summary

HandleRequestAsync in Docker for Windows before 18.06.0-ce-rc3-win68 (edge) and before 18.06.0-ce-win72 (stable) deserialized requests over the \\.\pipe\dockerBackend named pipe without verifying the validity of the deserialized .NET objects. This would allow a malicious user in the "docker-users" group (who may not otherwise have administrator access) to escalate to administrator privileges.

Affected products

docker — docker

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References

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