CVE-2025-15558

CVSS

No CVSS.

D

ocker 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/[email protected]+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.

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/
https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/6713
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-28304/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

04 Mar 2026, 17:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-03-04 17:16

Updated : 2026-03-04 18:08

NVD link : CVE-2025-15558

Mitre link : CVE-2025-15558

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-15558

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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