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CVE-2016-8867

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8867 describes a vulnerability in Docker Engine 1.12.2 where misconfigured capability policies allowed malicious container images to bypass user permissions and access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to significant confidentiality impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0275 is in the 73rd 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ExtrasFixed in: docker-2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-8867Important

docker: Ambient capability usage in containers

Oct 24, 2016

References

docker.com / docker-cve-database
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94228
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037203