# CVE-2023-1802: Information disclosure in Docker Desktop

> Docker Desktop may leak registry credentials over HTTP if HTTPS health checks fail, requiring network sniffing to exploit.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-44rc-4548-4794

## What is CVE-2023-1802?

CVE-2023-1802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 6 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1802?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Docker Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1802?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1802 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop

- [CVE-2024-8695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8695/): Code injection in Docker Desktop (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-8696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8696/): Code injection in Docker Desktop (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2022-37326](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-37326/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-37841](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37841/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-3224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3224/): Elevation of Privilege in Docker Desktop for Windows during Upgrade due to Insecure Directory Deletion (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1802 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 6 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1802 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Docker Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1802/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1802/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1802
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1802
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1802

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1802/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.