Docker Compose Vulnerable to Path Traversal via OCI Artifact Layer Annotations in github.com/docker/compose
Docker Compose Vulnerable to Path Traversal via OCI Artifact Layer Annotations in github.com/docker/compose
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
117 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Docker Compose Vulnerable to Path Traversal via OCI Artifact Layer Annotations in github.com/docker/compose
Docker Compose trusts the path information embedded in remote OCI compose artifacts. When a layer includes the annotations com.docker.compose.extends or com.docker.compose.envfile, Compose joins the attacker‑supplied value from com.docker.compose.file/com.docker.compose.envfile with its local cache directory and writes the file there. ### Impact This affects any platform or workflow that resolves remote OCI compose artifacts, Docker Desktop, standalone Compose binaries on Linux, CI/CD runners, cloud dev environments is affected. An attacker can escape the cache directory and overwrite arbitrary files on the machine running docker compose, even if the user only runs read‑only commands such as docker compose config or docker compose ps. ### Patches v2.40.2 ### Workarounds NA
Docker Compose trusts the path information embedded in remote OCI compose artifacts. When a layer includes the annotations com.docker.compose.extends or com.docker.compose.envfile, Compose joins the attacker‑supplied value from com.docker.compose.file/com.docker.compose.envfile with its local cache directory and writes the file there. This affects any platform or workflow that resolves remote OCI compose artifacts, Docker Desktop, standalone Compose binaries on Linux, CI/CD runners, cloud dev environments is affected. An attacker can escape the cache directory and overwrite arbitrary files on the machine running docker compose, even if the user only runs read‑only commands such as docker compose config or docker compose ps. This issue is fixed in v2.40.2.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/docker/compose/commit/69bcb962bfb2ea53b41aa925333d356b577d6176
- https://github.com/docker/compose/security/advisories/GHSA-gv8h-7v7w-r22q
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62725
- https://github.com/docker/compose
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/62xxx/CVE-2025-62725.json