CVE-2022-36109

5.3
MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 Base Score
0.85%
LOW RiskEPSS (56th percentile)

Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable software containerization. A bug was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where supplementary groups are not set up properly. If an attacker has direct access to a container and manipulates their supplementary group access, they may be able to use supplementary group access to bypass primary group restrictions in some cases, potentially gaining access to sensitive information or gaining the ability to execute code in that container. This bug is fixed in Moby (Docker Engine) 20.10.18. Running containers should be stopped and restarted for the permissions to be fixed. For users unable to upgrade, this problem can be worked around by not using the `"USER $USERNAME"` Dockerfile instruction. Instead by calling `ENTRYPOINT ["su", "-", "user"]` the supplementary groups will be set up properly.

Published: 9/9/2022
Modified: 6/17/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.85%LOW Exploitation Risk
56th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.85% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 56% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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