High severity · published Feb 1, 2024
CVE-2024-24557
Moby classic builder cache poisoning
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable software containerization. The classic builder cache system is prone to cache poisoning if the image is built FROM scratch. Also, changes to some instructions (most important being HEALTHCHECK and ONBUILD) would not cause a cache miss. An attacker with the knowledge of the Dockerfile someone is using could poison their cache by making them pull a specially crafted image that would be considered as a valid cache candidate for some build steps. 23.0+ users are only affected if they explicitly opted out of Buildkit (DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 environment variable) or are using the /build API endpoint. All users on versions older than 23.0 could be impacted. Image build API endpoint (/build) and ImageBuild function from github.com/docker/docker/client is also affected as it the uses classic builder by default. Patches are included in 24.0.9 and 25.0.2 releases.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
moby · moby
>= 25.0.0, < 25.0.2; < 24.0.9 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24557
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24557
Patch
https://github.com/moby/moby/commit/3e230cfdcc989dc524882f6579f9e0dac77400ae
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/moby/moby/security/advisories/GHSA-xw73-rw38-6vjc
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