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CVE-2018-12608

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12608 describes a TLS certificate validation flaw in Docker Moby versions prior to 17.06.0 on non-Windows systems, allowing clients to authenticate using any system-trusted root CA certificate, not just the configured client CA. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on integrity, as unauthorized clients could gain access. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.06.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:moby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/docker/dockerFixed in: 17.06.0-ce
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/istio-cni-rhel8:2.6.0-21
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/istio-must-gather-rhel8:2.6.0-7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/istio-rhel8-operator:2.6.0-27
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-ossmc-rhel8:1.73.10-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8-operator:1.73.10-2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/pilot-rhel8:2.6.0-19
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/ratelimit-rhel8:2.6.0-8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 9Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel9:2.6.0-18
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel8:1.73.9-2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.6 for RHEL 8Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/grafana-rhel8:2.6.0-7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-agent-installer-api-server-rhel9
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 2Fixed in: openshift-service-mesh/proxyv2-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-console

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-qrqr-3x5j-2xw9high

Docker Authentication Bypass

Jan 31, 2024
redhatCVE-2018-12608Moderate

moby: cert signing bypass

Oct 9, 2018

References

github.com / moby/moby/pull/33182
PatchThird Party Advisory