CVE-2023-0625Network attack vector

Code execution via crafted extension metadata

Published Sep 25, 2023 · Updated Sep 24, 2024

Code injection in Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through a malicious extension. The Desktop extension interface renders a crafted description or changelog without safely neutralizing executable content, allowing it to escape the display context. Exploitation requires interaction with the malicious extension; successful code runs in the Docker Desktop application context on Windows, macOS, or Linux.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability0.74%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Code injection in Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through a malicious extension. The Desktop extension interface renders a crafted description or changelog without safely neutralizing executable content, allowing it to escape the display context. Exploitation requires interaction with the malicious extension; successful code runs in the Docker Desktop application context on Windows, macOS, or Linux.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-0625
Published
Sep 25, 2023
Updated
Sep 24, 2024
Vendor
Docker
Product
Docker Desktop
Classifications
CWE-79, CWE-829, CWE-94, CAPEC-253, CAPEC-63, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 25, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 24, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <4.12.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Docker · Docker Desktopversion=0 <4.12.0

Published CVSS scores

9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.0Docker Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-829Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CAPEC-253Remote Code Inclusion
CAPEC-63Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

Public exploit references

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