CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-37326
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-04-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6.0 allows attackers to delete (or create) any file through the dockerBackendV2 windowscontainers/start API by controlling the pidfile field inside the DaemonJSON field in the WindowsContainerStartRequest class. This can indirectly lead to privilege escalation.
Affected configurations
• docker desktop (< 4.6.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#docker-desktop-460 Release Notes
- https://www.cyberark.com/resources/threat-research-blog/breaking-docker-named-pipes-systematically-docker-desktop-privilege-escalation-part-2 Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#docker-desktop-460 Release Notes
- https://www.cyberark.com/resources/threat-research-blog/breaking-docker-named-pipes-systematically-docker-desktop-privilege-escalation-part-2 Third Party Advisory