Moby up to 28.3.2 Firewalld Service initialization of resource

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Moby up to 28.3.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Firewalld Service. Performing a manipulation results in initialization of resource. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-54388. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Moby up to 28.3.2. This affects some unknown processing of the component Firewalld Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a initialization of resource vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-909. The product does not initialize a critical resource. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Moby is an open source container framework developed by Docker Inc. that is distributed as Docker Engine, Mirantis Container Runtime, and various other downstream projects/products. In versions 28.2.0 through 28.3.2, when the firewalld service is reloaded it removes all iptables rules including those created by Docker. While Docker should automatically recreate these rules, versions before 28.3.3 fail to recreate the specific rules that block external access to containers. This means that after a firewalld reload, containers with ports published to localhost (like 127.0.0.1:8080) become accessible from remote machines that have network routing to the Docker bridge, even though they should only be accessible from the host itself. The vulnerability only affects explicitly published ports - unpublished ports remain protected. This issue is fixed in version 28.3.3.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-54388 since 07/21/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 252932 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : docker (SUSE-SU-2025:02914-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 28.3.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (252932). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Initialization of resource
CWE: CWE-909 / CWE-908
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 252932
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : docker (SUSE-SU-2025:02914-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moby 28.3.3

Timelineinfo

07/21/2025 CVE reserved
07/30/2025 +9 days Advisory disclosed
07/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/08/2025 +40 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54388 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318303

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2025 16:12
Updated: 09/08/2025 20:52
Changes: 07/30/2025 16:12 (65), 08/20/2025 19:12 (2), 09/08/2025 20:52 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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