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CVE-2017-20198

DC/OS Marathon UI < 1.9.0 Unauthenticated RCE via Docker Mount Abuse

Critical9.3EPSS 1.3%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
VulnCheck

Description

The Marathon UI in DC/OS < 1.9.0 allows unauthenticated users to deploy arbitrary Docker containers. Due to improper restriction of volume mount configurations, attackers can deploy a container that mounts the host's root filesystem (/) with read/write privileges. When using a malicious Docker image, the attacker can write to /etc/cron.d/ on the host, achieving arbitrary code execution with root privileges. This impacts any system where the Docker daemon honors Marathon container configurations without policy enforcement.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-20198, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)4.0Critical9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
NVDNVD · Deferred4.0Critical9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.

Weakness

Affected products

  • D2iQ, Inc. · DC/OS Marathon

    • affected < 1.9.0

References (5)

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Record last updated .