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By the Year
In 2025 there have been 1 vulnerability in Docker Desktop with an average score of 7.8 out of ten. Last year, in 2024 Desktop had 3 security vulnerabilities published. Right now, Desktop is on track to have less security vulnerabilities in 2025 than it did last year. Last year, the average CVE base score was greater by 0.57
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 7.80 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8.37 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7.16 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.80 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6.70 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0.00 |
It may take a day or so for new Desktop vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilties. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Docker Desktop Security Vulnerabilities
A vulnerability in the update process of Docker Desktop for Windows versions prior to 4.41.0 could
CVE-2025-3224
7.8 - High
- April 28, 2025
A vulnerability in the update process of Docker Desktop for Windows versions prior to 4.41.0 could allow a local, low-privileged attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. During an update, Docker Desktop attempts to delete files and subdirectories under the path C:\ProgramData\Docker\config with high privileges. However, this directory often does not exist by default, and C:\ProgramData\ allows normal users to create new directories. By creating a malicious Docker\config folder structure at this location, an attacker can force the privileged update process to delete or manipulate arbitrary system files, leading to Elevation of Privilege.
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability
CVE-2024-8696
9.8 - Critical
- September 12, 2024
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via crafted extension publisher-url/additional-urls could be abused by a malicious extension in Docker Desktop before 4.34.2.
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability
CVE-2024-8695
9.8 - Critical
- September 12, 2024
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via crafted extension description/changelog could be abused by a malicious extension in Docker Desktop before 4.34.2.
In Docker Desktop on Windows before v4.31.0
CVE-2024-5652
5.5 - Medium
- July 09, 2024
In Docker Desktop on Windows before v4.31.0 allows a user in the docker-users group to cause a Windows Denial-of-Service through the exec-path Docker daemon config option in Windows containers mode.
Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6
CVE-2022-38730
6.3 - Medium
- April 27, 2023
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.
insecure temporary file
Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6.0
CVE-2022-37326
7.8 - High
- April 27, 2023
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.
Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6.0
CVE-2022-34292
7.1 - High
- April 27, 2023
Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6.0 allows attackers to overwrite any file through a symlink attack on the hyperv/create dockerBackendV2 API by controlling the DataFolder parameter for DockerDesktop.vhdx, a similar issue to CVE-2022-31647.
insecure temporary file
Docker Desktop before 4.6.0 on Windows
CVE-2022-31647
7.1 - High
- April 27, 2023
Docker Desktop before 4.6.0 on Windows allows attackers to delete any file through the hyperv/destroy dockerBackendV2 API via a symlink in the DataFolder parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-26659.
insecure temporary file
In Docker Desktop 4.17.x the Artifactory Integration falls back to sending registry credentials over plain HTTP if the HTTPS health check has failed
CVE-2023-1802
7.5 - High
- April 06, 2023
In Docker Desktop 4.17.x the Artifactory Integration falls back to sending registry credentials over plain HTTP if the HTTPS health check has failed. A targeted network sniffing attack can lead to a disclosure of sensitive information. Only users who have Access Experimental Features enabled and have logged in to a private registry are affected.
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Docker Desktop before 3.6.0 suffers from incorrect access control
CVE-2021-37841
7.8 - High
- August 12, 2021
Docker Desktop before 3.6.0 suffers from incorrect access control. If a low-privileged account is able to access the server running the Windows containers, it can lead to a full container compromise in both process isolation and Hyper-V isolation modes. This security issue leads an attacker with low privilege to read, write and possibly even execute code inside the containers.
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Docker Desktop allows local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
CVE-2020-10665
6.7 - Medium
- March 18, 2020
Docker Desktop allows local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM because it mishandles the collection of diagnostics with Administrator privileges, leading to arbitrary DACL permissions overwrites and arbitrary file writes. This affects Docker Desktop Enterprise before 2.1.0.9, Docker Desktop for Windows Stable before 2.2.0.4, and Docker Desktop for Windows Edge before 2.2.2.0.
insecure temporary file
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