High severity · published Mar 13, 2023
CVE-2023-0629
Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions by setting the Docker host to docker.raw.sock, or…
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions by setting the Docker host to docker.raw.sock, or npipe:////.pipe/docker_engine_linux on Windows, via the -H (--host) CLI flag or the DOCKER_HOST environment variable and launch containers without the additional hardening features provided by ECI. This would not affect already running containers, nor containers launched through the usual approach (without Docker's raw socket).
The affected functionality is available for Docker Business customers only and assumes an environment where users are not granted local root or Administrator privileges.
This issue has been fixed in Docker Desktop 4.17.0.
Affected Docker Desktop versions: from 4.13.0 before 4.17.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DD
Docker Desktop · Docker
4.13.0 before 4.17.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0629
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0629
Release Notes
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4170
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