vulnerability

Docker Desktop: CVE-2022-37326: Incorrect Authorization

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 27, 2023
Added
Nov 3, 2025
Modified
Nov 3, 2025

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.

Solution

docker-desktop-upgrade-latest
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