{"id":"BIT-docker-cli-2025-15558","summary":"Docker Desktop Docker Plugins Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","details":"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.\n\nThis 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.\n\nThis issue does not impact non-Windows binaries, and projects not using the plugin-manager code.","aliases":["CVE-2025-15558","GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p","GO-2026-4610"],"modified":"2026-03-23T04:56:01.172729157Z","published":"2026-03-10T08:37:19.024Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:docker:command_line_interface:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/6713"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15558"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-28304/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"docker-cli","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/docker-cli"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"29.2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/docker-cli/BIT-docker-cli-2025-15558.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:X/RE:X/U:X"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}