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CVE-2015-3629
Libcontainer 1.6.0, as used in Docker Engine, allows local users to escape containerization ("mount namespace breakout") and write to…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.60%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 51% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Libcontainer 1.6.0, as used in Docker Engine, allows local users to escape containerization ("mount namespace breakout") and write to arbitrary file on the host system via a symlink attack in an image when respawning a container.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/docker/dockerGHSA-g44j-7vp3-68cv (opens in a new tab)
References
5
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20150508 Docker 1.6.1 - Security Advisory [150507] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0905 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 74558 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-0995 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g44j-7vp3-68cv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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