CVE-2016-8867
Red Hat Security Advisory: docker security update
Docker Engine 1.12.2 enabled ambient capabilities with misconfigured capability policies. This allowed malicious images to bypass user permissions to access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
Docker Engine 1.12.2 enabled ambient capabilities with misconfigured capability policies. This allowed malicious images to bypass user permissions to access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes.
- Record
CVE-2016-8867- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Docker Engine 1.12.2 enabled ambient capabilities with misconfigured capability policies. This allowed malicious images to bypass user permissions to access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes.
- Record
CVE-2016-8867- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9692 No score
Docker Engine 1.12.2 enabled ambient capabilities with misconfigured capability policies. This allowed malicious images to bypass user permissions to access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9692- Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
7.5
Docker Engine 1.12.2 enabled ambient capabilities with misconfigured capability policies. This allowed malicious images to bypass user permissions to access files within the container filesystem or mounted volumes.
- Record
CVE-2016-8867- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:2653
8.8
Red Hat Security Advisory: docker security update
- Record
RHSA-2020:2653- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10532-1 No score
docker-1.12.3-4.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the docker-1.12.3-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10532-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15589-1 No score
docker-stable-24.0.9_ce-15.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the docker-stable-24.0.9_ce-15.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15589-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3084-1 No score
Security update for Docker and dependencies
This update for Docker and its dependencies fixes the following issues:
- fix runc and containerd revisions (bsc#1009961)
docker:
- Updates version 1.11.2 to 1.12.3 (bsc#1004490, bsc#996015, bsc#995058)
- Fix ambient capability usage in containers (bsc#1007249, CVE-2016-8867)
- Change the internal mountpoint name to not use ':' as that character can be considered a special character by other tools. (bsc#999582)
- Add dockerd(8) man page.
- Package docker-proxy (which was split out of the docker binary in 1.12). (bsc#995620)
- Docker 'migrator' prevents installing 'docker', if docker 1.9 was installed before but there were no images. (bsc#995102)
- Specify an 'OCI' runtime for our runc package explicitly. (bsc#978260)
- Use gcc6-go instead of gcc5-go (bsc#988408)
For a detailed description of all fixes and improvements, please refer to:
https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.3 https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/v1.12.2/CHANGELOG.md https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.1 https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.0
containerd:
- Update to current version required from Docker 1.12.3.
- Add missing Requires(post): %fillup_prereq. (bsc#1006368)
- Use gcc6-go instead of gcc5-go. (bsc#988408)
runc:
- Update to current version required from Docker 1.12.3.
- Use gcc6-go instead of gcc5-go. (bsc#988408)
rubygem-excon:
- Updates version from 0.39.6 to 0.52.0.
For a detailed description of all fixes and improvements, please refer to the installed changelog.txt.
rubygem-docker-api:
- Updated version from 1.17.0 to 1.31.0.
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3084-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:03540-1 No score
Security update for docker-stable
This update for docker-stable fixes the following issues:
-
Include historical changelog data from before the docker-stable fork. The initial changelog entry did technically provide all the necessary information, but our CVE tracking tools do not understand how the package is forked and so it seems that this package does not include fixes for ~12 years of updates. So, include a copy of the original package's changelog up until the fork point. (bsc#1250596)
-
Remove git-core recommends on SLE. Most SLE systems have installRecommends=yes by default and thus end up installing git with Docker. bsc#1250508
This feature is mostly intended for developers ('docker build git://') so most users already have the dependency installed, and the error when git is missing is fairly straightforward (so they can easily figure out what they need to install).
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Backport https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/48517. bsc#1247362
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Update to docker-buildx v0.25.0. Upstream changelog: https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/tag/v0.25.0
-
Do not try to inject SUSEConnect secrets when in Rootless Docker mode, as Docker does not have permission to access the host zypper credentials in this mode (and unprivileged users cannot disable the feature using /etc/docker/suse-secrets-enable.) bsc#1240150
-
Initial docker-stable fork, forked from Docker 24.0.7-ce release (packaged on 2024-02-14). The original changelog is included below for historical reference.
- Record
SUSE-SU-2025:03540-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2025:03545-1 No score
Security update for docker-stable
This update for docker-stable fixes the following issues:
Note this update contains a already fixed references mostly.
-
Remove git-core recommends on SLE to avoid pulling it in unnecessary. (bsc#1250508)
This feature is mostly intended for developers ('docker build git://') so most users already have the dependency installed, and the error when git is missing is fairly straightforward (so they can easily figure out what they need to install).
-
Include historical changelog data from before the docker-stable fork. The initial changelog entry did technically provide all the necessary information, but our CVE tracking tools do not understand how the package is forked and so it seems that this package does not include fixes for ~12 years of updates. So, include a copy of the original package's changelog up until the fork point. bsc#1250596
-
Update to docker-buildx v0.25.0. Upstream changelog: https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/tag/v0.25.0
-
Update to Go 1.23 for building now that upstream has switched their 23.0.x LTSS to use Go 1.23.
-
Do not try to inject SUSEConnect secrets when in Rootless Docker mode, as Docker does not have permission to access the host zypper credentials in this mode (and unprivileged users cannot disable the feature using /etc/docker/suse-secrets-enable.) bsc#1240150
-
Initial docker-stable fork, forked from Docker 24.0.7-ce release (packaged on 2024-02-14). The original changelog is included below for historical reference.
- Record
SUSE-SU-2025:03545-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
dockerRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
docker-clientRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
docker-commonRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
docker-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
docker-logrotateRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
docker-lvm-pluginRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
docker-novolume-pluginRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
docker-rhel-push-pluginRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
docker-v1.10-migratorRed Hat:rhel_extras_other:7 |
before 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 | 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8 |
containerdSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 |
before 0.2.4+gitr565_0366d7e-9.1 | 0.2.4+gitr565_0366d7e-9.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
dockerSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 |
before 1.12.3-81.2 | 1.12.3-81.2 |
runcSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 6 |
before 0.1.1+gitr2816_02f8fa7-9.1 | 0.1.1+gitr2816_02f8fa7-9.1 |
containerdSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 |
before 0.2.4+gitr565_0366d7e-9.1 | 0.2.4+gitr565_0366d7e-9.1 |
dockerSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 |
before 1.12.3-81.2 | 1.12.3-81.2 |
rubygem-docker-apiSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 |
before 1.31.0-11.2 | 1.31.0-11.2 |
rubygem-exconSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 |
before 0.52.0-9.1 | 0.52.0-9.1 |
runcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 |
before 0.1.1+gitr2816_02f8fa7-9.1 | 0.1.1+gitr2816_02f8fa7-9.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS |
before 24.0.9_ce-1.20.1 | 24.0.9_ce-1.20.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 |
before 24.0.9_ce-1.20.1 | 24.0.9_ce-1.20.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7 |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableSUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
docker-stableopenSUSE:Leap 15.6 |
before 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 | 24.0.9_ce-150000.1.25.1 |
dockeropenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 1.12.3-4.1 | 1.12.3-4.1 |
docker-stableopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 24.0.9_ce-15.1 | 24.0.9_ce-15.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-8867 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Docker, published October 28, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.75%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in docker 2:1.13.1-162.git64e9980.el7_8.
References
docker.com/docker-cve-database
securityfocus.com/bid/94228
securitytracker.com/id/1037203
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2653
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/runc-regression-docker-1.13.1-108
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390163
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848239
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1848829
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_2653.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8867
access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/runc-regression-docker
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8867
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8867
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14298
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14298
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14298
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14300
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14300
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14300
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20163084-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1004490
bugzilla.suse.com/1006368
bugzilla.suse.com/1007249
bugzilla.suse.com/1009961
bugzilla.suse.com/974208
bugzilla.suse.com/978260
bugzilla.suse.com/983015
bugzilla.suse.com/987198
bugzilla.suse.com/988408
bugzilla.suse.com/989566
bugzilla.suse.com/995058
bugzilla.suse.com/995102
bugzilla.suse.com/995620
bugzilla.suse.com/996015
bugzilla.suse.com/999582
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8867
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202503540-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1001161
bugzilla.suse.com/1012568
bugzilla.suse.com/1015661
bugzilla.suse.com/1016307
bugzilla.suse.com/1016992
bugzilla.suse.com/1019251
bugzilla.suse.com/1020806
bugzilla.suse.com/1021227
bugzilla.suse.com/1026827
bugzilla.suse.com/1028638
bugzilla.suse.com/1028639
bugzilla.suse.com/1029320
bugzilla.suse.com/1029630
bugzilla.suse.com/1030702
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bugzilla.suse.com/1046024
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bugzilla.suse.com/1080978
bugzilla.suse.com/1084533
bugzilla.suse.com/1085117
bugzilla.suse.com/1085380
bugzilla.suse.com/1086185
bugzilla.suse.com/1089732
bugzilla.suse.com/1095817
bugzilla.suse.com/1096726
bugzilla.suse.com/1099277
bugzilla.suse.com/1100331
bugzilla.suse.com/1100727
bugzilla.suse.com/1102522
bugzilla.suse.com/1104821
bugzilla.suse.com/1105000
bugzilla.suse.com/1108038
bugzilla.suse.com/1112980
bugzilla.suse.com/1113313
bugzilla.suse.com/1114832
bugzilla.suse.com/1115464
bugzilla.suse.com/1118897
bugzilla.suse.com/1118898
bugzilla.suse.com/1118899
bugzilla.suse.com/1118990
bugzilla.suse.com/1119634
bugzilla.suse.com/1121412
bugzilla.suse.com/1121768
bugzilla.suse.com/1122469
bugzilla.suse.com/1124308
bugzilla.suse.com/1128376
bugzilla.suse.com/1128746
bugzilla.suse.com/1134068
bugzilla.suse.com/1138920
bugzilla.suse.com/1139649
bugzilla.suse.com/1142160
bugzilla.suse.com/1142413
bugzilla.suse.com/1143349
bugzilla.suse.com/1150397
bugzilla.suse.com/1153367
bugzilla.suse.com/1157330
bugzilla.suse.com/1158590
bugzilla.suse.com/1170415
bugzilla.suse.com/1170446
bugzilla.suse.com/1172377
bugzilla.suse.com/1174075
bugzilla.suse.com/1175081
bugzilla.suse.com/1176708
bugzilla.suse.com/1178760
bugzilla.suse.com/1178801
bugzilla.suse.com/1180243
bugzilla.suse.com/1180401
bugzilla.suse.com/1181594
bugzilla.suse.com/1181641
bugzilla.suse.com/1181677
bugzilla.suse.com/1181730
bugzilla.suse.com/1181732
bugzilla.suse.com/1182168
bugzilla.suse.com/1182476
bugzilla.suse.com/1182947
bugzilla.suse.com/1183855
bugzilla.suse.com/1184768
bugzilla.suse.com/1188447
bugzilla.suse.com/1190670
bugzilla.suse.com/1191015
bugzilla.suse.com/1191121
bugzilla.suse.com/1191334
bugzilla.suse.com/1191355
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bugzilla.suse.com/1193273
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3499
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5277
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6407
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6408
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8178
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8179
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9356
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9357
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9358
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3627
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3629
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3630
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3631
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3697
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9962
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14992
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16539
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10892
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15664
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16873
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16874
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16875
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20699
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13509
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14271
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12912
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13401
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15257
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8694
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8695
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21284
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21285
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41089
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41091
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41092
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41103
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41190
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-43565
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24769
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27191
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36109
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28840
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28841
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28842
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23650
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23651
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23652
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23653
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-29018
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-41110
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22868
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22869
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202503545-1
Left out here: 67 references. The JSON record has them.