CVE-2017-7412 — NixOS 17

NixOS 17.03 before 17.03.887 has a world-writable Docker socket, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing docker commands.

01What is this vulnerability?

NixOS 17.03 before 17.03.887 has a world-writable Docker socket, which allows local users to gain privileges by executing docker commands.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-04-04T00:59:00.160
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• lists.science.uu.nl — http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2017-April/023329.html
• github.com — https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/6c59d851e2967410cc8fb6ba3f374b1d3efa988e
• github.com — https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fa4fe7110566d8370983fa81f2b04a833339236d
• lists.science.uu.nl — http://lists.science.uu.nl/pipermail/nix-dev/2017-April/023329.html
• github.com — https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/6c59d851e2967410cc8fb6ba3f374b1d3efa988e
• github.com — https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/fa4fe7110566d8370983fa81f2b04a833339236d