CVE-2014-8179
docker: Manifest validation and parsing logic errors allow pull-by-digest validation bypass
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · October 13, 2015
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 does not properly validate and extract the manifest object from its JSON representation during a pull, which allows attackers to inject new attributes in a JSON object and bypass pull-by-digest validation.
Statement
This issue is exploitable by malicious Docker images. Red Hat supports images from it's own registry, ISV images certified by the Red Hat certification program, and images using qualified customer content.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 1.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWE not specified