CVE-2023-0629 HIGH

CVE-2023-0629: Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation restrictions via the raw Docker socket and launch privileged containers

Vendor Docker Inc.
Product Docker Desktop
Weakness CWE-424
Published March 13, 2023
Last update February 27, 2025

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 13, 2023 CVE published
February 27, 2025 Record updated