CVE-2016-8867: Docker

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Docker Engine 1.12.2 enabled ambient capabilities with misconfigured capability policies. This allowed malicious images to bypass user permissions to access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes.

Affected products

• Docker Docker: version 1.12.2 only

Published 2016-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.