vulnerability
Docker Desktop: CVE-2022-38730: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C) | Apr 27, 2023 | Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 27, 2023
Added
Nov 3, 2025
Modified
Nov 3, 2025
Description
Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6 allows attackers to overwrite any file through the windowscontainers/start dockerBackendV2 API by controlling the data-root field inside the DaemonJSON field in the WindowsContainerStartRequest class. This allows exploiting a symlink vulnerability in ..\dataRoot\network\files\local-kv.db because of a TOCTOU race condition.
Solution
docker-desktop-upgrade-latest
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