CVE-2022-36109

Moby vulnerability relating to supplementary group permissions

MEDIUM
6.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 9, 2022 at 05:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:52 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraMobyMoby

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Severity
MEDIUM6.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 20.10.18
Affected range stops below 20.10.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 20.10.18
Affected range stops below 20.10.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863NVD-CWE-Other

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