CVE-2018-15514: Docker

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

HandleRequestAsync in Docker for Windows before 18.06.0-ce-rc3-win68 (edge) and before 18.06.0-ce-win72 (stable) deserialized requests over the \\.\pipe\dockerBackend named pipe without verifying the validity of the deserialized .NET objects. This would allow a malicious user in the "docker-users" group (who may not otherwise have administrator access) to escalate to administrator privileges.

Affected products

• Docker Docker: version 1.10.0.0-0 only; version 1.10.1.42-1 only; version 1.10.2.12 only; version 1.10.2.14 only; version 1.10.4.0 only; version 1.10.6 only; …

Published 2018-09-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.