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TI-2016-07279 Aliases CVE-2016-8867

Docker Engine 1.12.2 enabled ambient capabilities with misconfigured capability policies.

Priority LOW 38CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02754 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.12.2VulnerableDocker
  • cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12.2 Vulnerable ·Docker

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:2653 Released 2020-06-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    docker security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras docker-2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8, docker-client-2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8, docker-common-2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2020:2653

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8867

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-11833 Docker Desktop Community Edition before 2.1.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges by… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2019-04061 runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2019-10626 In Docker 19.03.x before 19.03.1 linked against the GNU C Library (aka glibc), code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-07591 Docker 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2014-00046 Improper input validation in docker.io CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-07590 Path traversal vulnerability in Docker before 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to write to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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Sources

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