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CVE-2018-8115
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Host Compute Service Shim (hcsshim) library fails to properly validate input…
High8.6EPSS 34.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Host Compute Service Shim (hcsshim) library fails to properly validate input while importing a container image, aka "Windows Host Compute Service Shim Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Host Compute.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 34.1% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows Host Compute
- affected Service Shim
References (3)
- 104061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1040842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8115 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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