# CVE-2014-8179: 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 re

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-12-04 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Docker Docker Engine: before 1.8.3
- Docker CS Docker Engine: before 1.6.2-CS7

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00014.html
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/docker-dev/bWVVtLNbFy8/UaefOqMOCAAJ
- https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#183-2015-10-12
- https://blog.docker.com/2015/10/security-release-docker-1-8-3-1-6-2-cs7/
- https://www.docker.com/legal/docker-cve-database

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