Docker Socket Mounted In Container

Query id: d6355c88-1e8d-49e9-b2f2-f8a1ca12c75b
Query name: Docker Socket Mounted In Container
Platform: DockerCompose
Severity: High
Category: Build Process
URL: Github

Description¶

Docker socket docker.sock should not be mounted on host. If the docker socket is mounted, it can allow its processes to execute docker commands.
Documentation

Code samples¶

Code samples with security vulnerabilities¶

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

version: "3.1"

services:
  service1:
    container_name: service
    image: notareal/image:latest
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
    ports:
      - 8080:8080

Code samples without security vulnerabilities¶

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

version: "3.1"

services:
  service1:
    container_name: service
    image: notareal/image:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8080:8080