CVE-2015-3627

highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.61% (49th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedatomic-0:0-0.40.gitf863afd.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1167
Fixeddocker-0:1.6.2-14.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1167
Fixeddocker-0:1.6.2-14.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1167
Fixeddocker-logrotate-0:1.6.2-14.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1167
Fixeddocker-python-0:1.0.0-53.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1167
Fixeddocker-selinux-0:1.6.2-14.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1167
Fixedpython-websocket-client-0:0.14.1-97.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015:1167

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-59US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
docker docker≤ 1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
docker libcontainer≤ 1.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:docker:libcontainer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/docker/docker< 1.6.1osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/docker/docker
atomic-0:0-0.40.gitf863afd.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
docker-0:1.6.2-14.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
docker-0:1.6.2-14.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
docker-logrotate-0:1.6.2-14.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
docker-python-0:1.0.0-53.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
docker-selinux-0:1.6.2-14.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
python-websocket-client-0:0.14.1-97.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extrasall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHBA-2015:1167Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: docker bug fix update2015-06-23csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated docker packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras.
GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrwSymlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine2022-02-15ghsa · osvUS
Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.
GO-2022-0649Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine in github.com/docker/docker2024-08-21vendor · osvUS
Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine in github.com/docker/docker

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-05-18modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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