5.9

CVE-2017-16539: mobyproject moby

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-16539DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16539GHSA-vfjc-2qcw-j95j
Published 04-11-2017Last modified 27-01-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-16539 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in mobyproject moby. EPSS estimates a 1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.83%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5
MGASA-2018-0398OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10722-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15589-1SUSE-SU-2018:0386-1SUSE-SU-2025:03540-1SUSE-SU-2025:03545-1

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The DefaultLinuxSpec function in oci/defaults.go in Docker Moby through 17.03.2-ce does not block /proc/scsi pathnames, which allows attackers to trigger data loss (when certain older Linux kernels are used) by leveraging Docker container access to write a "scsi remove-single-device" line to /proc/scsi/scsi, aka SCSI MICDROP.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.83% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • docker.io< 1.13.1~ds3-1
Github.com/moby1 product
  • moby< 17.12.0-ce
Mobyproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • docker.io< 18.06.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 | < 18.06.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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