CVE-2024-36621 Moby Race Condition vulnerability
Attackers can trigger concurrent builds to cause resource exhaustion and denial of service in Docker Engine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-36621?
CVE-2024-36621 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
moby v25.0.5 is affected by a Race Condition in builder/builder-next/adapters/snapshot/layer.go. The vulnerability could be used to trigger concurrent builds that call the EnsureLayer function resulting in resource leaks/exhaustion.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36621?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/moby/moby. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/moby/moby Go | All versions | 26.0.0 |
github.com/moby/moby Go | All versions | 26.0.0 |
github.com/moby/moby Go | All versions | 26.0.0+incompatible |
Products include Mobyproject Moby.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36621?
Upgrade github.com/moby/moby to a fixed version for your release line: 26.0.0 or 26.0.0+incompatible.
Is CVE-2024-36621 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36621 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2024-36623 Moby Race Condition vulnerability
- CVE-2023-28840 moby/moby's dockerd daemon encrypted overlay network may be unauthenticated
- CVE-2018-12608 Docker Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2024-24557 Moby classic builder cache poisoning
- CVE-2023-28841 moby/moby's dockerd daemon encrypted overlay network traffic may be unencrypted
Sources
Also known as AZL-53810, AZL-53813, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36621, GHSA-2mj3-vfvx-fc43, GO-2024-3304, OESA-2024-2525 and 3 more.