vulnerability

Docker Desktop: CVE-2020-11492: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 5, 2020
Added
Nov 3, 2025
Modified
Nov 3, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in Docker Desktop through 2.2.0.5 on Windows. If a local attacker sets up their own named pipe prior to starting Docker with the same name, this attacker can intercept a connection attempt from Docker Service (which runs as SYSTEM), and then impersonate their privileges.

Solution

docker-desktop-upgrade-latest
Title
NEW

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