CVE-2025-15558 Docker CLI for Windows searches for plugin binaries in C:\ProgramData\Docker\cli-plugins, a directory that does not…
Description
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Installer for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 2 | Versions not published | |
| Builds for Red Hat OpenShift | Versions not published | |
| Gatekeeper 3 | Versions not published | |
| Kernel Module Management Operator for Red Hat Openshift | Versions not published | |
| Machine Deletion Remediation Operator | Versions not published | |
| Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes | Versions not published | |
| Multicluster Global Hub | Versions not published | |
| OpenShift Pipelines | Versions not published | |
| OpenShift Serverless | Versions not published |
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References
- docs.docker.com docs.docker.com
- www.zerodayinitiative.com www.zerodayinitiative.com
- github.com github.com
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