← Database

CVE-2022-37326

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2023-04-27 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Docker Desktop

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo, CWE-863

References