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TI-2018-14693 Aliases CVE-2018-20699GHSA-m9q8-9m2h-84gh

Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory…

Priority LOW 27CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go, pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02231 82nd 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 · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:docker:engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 18.09VulnerableDocker
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:docker:engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 18.09 Vulnerable ·Docker
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2019:0487 Released 2019-03-13 · Red Hat rating Low
    docker security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras docker-2:1.13.1-94.gitb2f74b2.el7, docker-client-2:1.13.1-94.gitb2f74b2.el7, docker-common-2:1.13.1-94.gitb2f74b2.el7 +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2019:0487

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20699
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m9q8-9m2h-84gh

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Sources

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