---
id: CVE-2025-62725
title: >-
  Docker Compose trusts the path information embedded in remote OCI compose
  artifacts
summary: >-
  Docker Compose trusts the path information embedded in remote OCI compose
  artifacts. When a layer includes the annotations com.docker.compose.extends or
  com.docker.compose.envfile, Compose joins the attacker‑supplied value from
  com.docke…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2025-10-27'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T11:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62725'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/docker/compose/commit/69bcb962bfb2ea53b41aa925333d356b577d6176
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/docker/compose/security/advisories/GHSA-gv8h-7v7w-r22q'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.13701
epssPercentile: 0.96404
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.650Z'
---

## Overview

Docker Compose trusts the path information embedded in remote OCI compose artifacts. When a layer includes the annotations com.docker.compose.extends or com.docker.compose.envfile, Compose joins the attacker‑supplied value from com.docker.compose.file/com.docker.compose.envfile with its local cache directory and writes the file there. This affects any platform or workflow that resolves remote OCI compose artifacts, Docker Desktop, standalone Compose binaries on Linux, CI/CD runners, cloud dev environments is affected. An attacker can escape the cache directory and overwrite arbitrary files on the machine running docker compose, even if the user only runs read‑only commands such as docker compose config or docker compose ps. This issue is fixed in v2.40.2.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.