High [CVE-2025-15558] Docker Desktop Docker Plugins Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This high-severity Docker advisory covers CVE-2025-15558 affecting Docker CLI.
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Summary
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.
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 package, such as Docker Compose. This issue does not impact non-Windows binaries, and projects not using the plugin-manager code.
Is CVE-2025-15558 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2025-15558 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2025-15558?
The advisory VulniPulse tracks names no fixed release. Follow Docker's guidance for workarounds and updates.
Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.
- through 29.1.5
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Fixed versions
No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists. Confirm against the vendor advisory.
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Mitigation
The source record does not include mitigation steps. That does not mean no fix exists. Read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.
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