CVE-2023-0628

Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary command inside a Dev Environments container during initialization by tricking a user to open a crafted malicious docker-desktop:// URL

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Published Mar 13, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary command inside a Dev Environments container during initialization by tricking a user to open a crafted malicious docker-desktop:// URL.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Docker Inc.

Docker Desktop

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.17.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12662	Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary command inside a Dev Environments container during initialization by tricking a user to open a crafted malicious docker-desktop:// URL.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.265% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4170

History

Mar 4, 2025 3:45 AM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Docker Docker Desktop

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 27, 2025, 7:58 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Docker
Published: Mar 13, 2023, 11:16 AM
Updated: Feb 27, 2025, 7:58 PM
Reserved: Feb 1, 2023, 10:39 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:17 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:17 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 13, 2023, 12:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

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