CVE-2025-15558

highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileDEEUFRUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.50% (43rd) EPSS
CVSS 8 · high
Is it mine?
8 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

01

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedskaffold-0:2.18.0-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-0:2.18.0-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-0:2.18.0-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-0:2.18.0-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-bash-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-bash-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-bash-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-bash-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-fish-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-fish-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-fish-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-fish-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-zsh-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-zsh-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-zsh-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedskaffold-zsh-completion-0:2.18.0-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

02

cvss

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

8.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4–8

v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.1 · impact 5.9
v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9
v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · SUSE Product Security
v4.07highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:Usecondary · ENISA EU
v4.07highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · security@docker.com
v4.04mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
04

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-427USCWE-427US
05

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

06

advisories (5)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • openSUSE-SU-2026:10369-1skaffold-2.18.0-1.1 on GA media2026-03-13csaf · suse_csafDE

    skaffold-2.18.0-1.1 on GA media

  • GHSA-p436-gjf2-799pDocker CLI Plugins: Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation on Windows2026-03-05ghsa · osvUS

    This issue affects Docker CLI through 29.1.5 ### Impact 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 v29.1.5 (fixed in v29.2.0). It impacts Windows binaries acting as a CLI plugin manager via the [`github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/manager`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/docker/cli@v29.1.5+incompatible/cli-plugins/manager) package, which is consumed by downstream projects such as Docker Compose. Docker Compose became affected starting in v2.31.0, when it incorporated the relevant CLI plugin manager code (see https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12300), and is fixed in v5.1.0. This issue does not impact non-Windows binaries or projects that do not use the plugin manager code. ### Patches Fixed version starts with 29.2.0 This issue was fixed in https://github.com/docker/cli/commit/13759330b1f7e7cb0d67047ea42c5482548ba7fa (https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/6713), which removed `%PROGRAMDATA%\Docker\cli-plugins` from the list of paths used for plugin-discovery on Windows. ### Workarounds None ### Resources - Pull request: "cli-plugins/manager: remove legacy system-wide cli-plugin path" (https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/6713) - Patch: https://github.com/docker/cli/commit/13759330b1f7e7cb0d67047ea42c5482548ba7fa.patch ### Credits Nitesh Surana (niteshsurana.com) of Trend Research of TrendAI

  • BIT-docker-cli-2025-15558Docker Desktop Docker Plugins Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2026-03-10vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
  • GO-2026-4610Docker CLI Plugins: Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation on Windows in github.com/docker/cli2026-03-10vendor · osvUS

    Docker CLI Plugins: Uncontrolled Search Path Element Leads to Local Privilege Escalation on Windows in github.com/docker/cli

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also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

08

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdosvnvdsuse_csafcertfrNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-03-04modified 2026-07-15
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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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