Vulnerability · Published Nov 29, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-36621
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity race condition in the docker.io package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | docker.io | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36621 |
| Debian:13 | docker.io | 26.1.4+dfsg1-9 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36621 |
| Debian:14 | docker.io | 26.1.4+dfsg1-9 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36621 |
| Go | github.com/moby/moby | 26.0.0+incompatible | GO-2024-3304 |
| Go | github.com/moby/moby | 26.0.0 | GHSA-2mj3-vfvx-fc43 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | docker.io | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36621 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | docker.io | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36621 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | docker.io | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36621 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | docker.io-app | 27.5.1-0ubuntu3~22.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36621 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | docker.io-app | 27.5.1-0ubuntu3~24.04.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36621 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H