# CVE-2024-5652: Denial of service in Docker Desktop

> A user in the docker-users group can cause a Windows Denial-of-Service via the exec-path config option in Windows containers mode.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwjv-qxvj-5x3w

## What is CVE-2024-5652?

CVE-2024-5652 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 9 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Docker Desktop on Windows before v4.31.0 allows a user in the docker-users group to cause a Windows Denial-of-Service through the exec-path Docker daemon config option in Windows containers mode.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5652?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Docker Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5652 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-2024-5652 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5652 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Docker Desktop, published on 9 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5652 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-2024-5652/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5652/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5652
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5652
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5652

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5652/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.