go package report

Is github.com/docker/cli safe?

2 known vulnerabilities, worst severity HIGH.

// reach

0 direct dependencies

none carry a known advisory

    0 packages depend on it

    an advisory here reaches each of them

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      // ai model usage

      Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so go packages are not covered.

      cvss
      0.0
      high

      severity out of 10

      epss
      0.00%
      medium

      chance of exploitation in 30 days, 38th percentile of all CVEs

      xyz score
      0.0
      low

      CyberXYZ composite out of 10

      fig. 01 — GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p, the advisory selected below

      // 2 advisories

      GHSA-p436-gjf2-799p

      HIGHCVE-2025-15558

      This issue affects Docker CLI through 29.1.5

      // impact

      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 v29.1.5 (fixed in v29.2.0). It impacts Windows binaries acting as a CLI plugin manager via the github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/manager package, which is consumed by downstream projects such as Docker Compose.

      Docker Compose became affected starting in v2.31.0, when it incorporated the relevant CLI plugin manager code (see https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/12300), and is fixed in v5.1.0.

      This issue does not impact non-Windows binaries or projects that do not use the plugin manager code.

      // patches

      Fixed version starts with 29.2.0

      This issue was fixed in https://github.com/docker/cli/commit/13759330b1f7e7cb0d67047ea42c5482548ba7fa (https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/6713), which removed %PROGRAMDATA%\Docker\cli-plugins from the list of paths used for plugin-discovery on Windows.

      // workarounds

      None

      // resources// credits

      Nitesh Surana (niteshsurana.com) of Trend Research of TrendAI

      // cvss v3.1 vector

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

      Attack vector
      Local
      Attack complexity
      Low
      Privileges required
      Low
      User interaction
      Required
      Scope
      Unchanged
      Confidentiality
      High
      Integrity
      High
      Availability
      High

      Checked 2026-09-28 at 19:44 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2026-03-05. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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