CVE-2024-36623 Moby Race Condition vulnerability

High 8.1 Published Updated

Attackers can trigger concurrent writes in Moby streamformatter causing data corruption or crashes, impacting Docker Engine users.

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-2024-36623?

CVE-2024-36623 is a high-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 through v25.0.3 has a Race Condition vulnerability in the streamformatter package which can be used to trigger multiple concurrent write operations resulting in data corruption or application crashes.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36623?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/moby/moby. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/moby/moby GoAll versions25.0.4
github.com/moby/moby GoAll versions25.0.4
github.com/moby/moby GoAll versions26.0.0+incompatible

Products include Mobyproject Moby.

How do I fix CVE-2024-36623?

Upgrade github.com/moby/moby to a fixed version for your release line: 25.0.4 or 26.0.0+incompatible.

Is CVE-2024-36623 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36623 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as AZL-53801, AZL-53804, AZL-53819, AZL-53824, AZL-53827, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36623 and 9 more.

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