CVE-2022-37326

Published Apr 27, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-39961 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-863
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jan 31, 2025, 7:12 PM
Reserved
Aug 1, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 27, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:54 AM