CVE-2018-15664

Exp

In Docker through 18.06.1-ce-rc2, the API endpoints behind the 'docker cp' command are vulnerable to a symlink-exchange attack with Directory Traversal, giving attackers arbitrary read-write access to the host filesystem with root privileges, because daemon/archive.go does not do archive operations on a frozen filesystem (or from within a chroot).

Published: 2019-05-23 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2018-15664 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.40%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-15664

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-15664

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 7.30% 3.40% -3.90%
2 2026-06-10 7.16% 7.30% +0.14%
3 2026-05-26 — 7.16% —

Full EPSS history (29 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-15664

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.8 6.0 [email protected]
6.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 1.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-15664

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-15664

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2018-15664: 1 source package rows (docker); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-15664
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-15664 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (docker.io), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-15664
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15664
suse medium CVE-2018-15664 severity moderate: SUSE including 332 source package names (1.37.1.8.5.1:libcontainers-common-20190401-3.3.5, 2.0.2-4.2.20:fuse-overlayfs-0.4.1-3.3.8, …), 712 product×package rows across 301 product lines (Container rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.4, Container rancher/elemental-teal/5.4, … (301 product lines)): Fixed 555, Known Affected 157. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15664/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-15664 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (docker.io), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15664

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-15664

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
docker docker 17.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.0-ce:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.0-ce:rc4:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.0-ce:rc5:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.1-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.1-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.1-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.1-ce:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.1-ce:rc4:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.2-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.2-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.06.2-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.06.2-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.07.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.07.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.07.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.07.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.07.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.07.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.07.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.07.0-ce:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.07.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.07.0-ce:rc4:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.09.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.09.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.09.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.09.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.09.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.09.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.09.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.09.0-ce:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.09.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.09.1-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.09.1-ce- cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.09.1-ce-:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.10.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.10.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.10.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.10.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.10.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.10.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.11.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.11.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.11.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.11.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.11.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.11.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.11.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.11.0-ce:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.11.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.11.0-ce:rc4:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.12.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.12.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.12.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.12.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.12.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.12.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.12.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.12.0-ce:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.12.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.12.0-ce:rc4:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.12.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.12.1-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.12.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.12.1-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 17.12.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:17.12.1-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.01.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.01.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.01.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.01.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.02.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.02.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.02.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.02.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.02.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.02.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.03.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.03.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.03.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.03.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.03.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.03.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.03.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.03.0-ce:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.03.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.03.0-ce:rc4:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.03.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.03.1-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.03.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.03.1-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.03.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.03.1-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.04.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.04.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.04.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.04.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.04.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.04.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.05.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.05.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.05.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.05.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.06.0-ce:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.06.0-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.06.0-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.06.0-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.06.0-ce:rc3:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.06.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.06.1-ce:rc1:*:*:community:*:*:*
docker docker 18.06.1-ce cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:18.06.1-ce:rc2:*:*:community:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-15664

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