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SCA: security update for github.com/docker/cli (GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438406

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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
 https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/docker/[email protected]+incompatible/cli-plugins/manager package, such as Docker
 Compose. This issue does not impact non-Windows binaries, and projects not using the plugin-manager code.
 (CVE-2025-15558)

Solution

Update the github.com/docker/cli library and its related packages to version 29.2.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438406

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.47

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15558

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Threat Score: 4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15558

cwe: CWE-427