CVE-2014-0048 Supply chain in docker.io
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0048 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-0048 is a critical vulnerability in docker.io, published on 2 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0048 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: docker.io. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0048/index.md)
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by intercepting HTTP downloads of Docker scripts, compromising the container infrastructure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0048?
CVE-2014-0048 is a critical vulnerability in docker.io, published on 2 Jan 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was found in Docker before 1.6.0. Some programs and scripts in Docker are downloaded via HTTP and then executed or used in unsafe ways.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0048?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Apache Geode, Docker Docker.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0048?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-0048 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0048 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in docker.io
- CVE-2020-1938 Apache Tomcat Improper Privilege Management
- CVE-2019-15752 Docker Desktop Community Edition Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2022-37021 Apache Geode deserialization of untrusted data flaw when using JMX over RMI on Java 8.
- CVE-2017-15692 Apache Geode unsafe deserialization in TcpServer
- CVE-2025-47410 Apache Geode: CSRF attacks through GET requests to the Management and Monitoring REST API that can execute gfsh commands on the target system
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0048, GHSA-hr9j-w8vh-74wj, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0048.