CVE-2023-0629 Security feature bypass in Docker Desktop
Unprivileged users can bypass Enhanced Container Isolation restrictions by accessing the raw Docker socket to launch privileged containers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-0629?
CVE-2023-0629 is a high-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 13 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0629?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Docker Docker Desktop.
How do I fix CVE-2023-0629?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0629 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-0629 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0629 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-623v-x3rr-q8qh.