CVE-2024-5652

Local service interruption via unchecked daemon path

Published Jul 9, 2024 · Updated Mar 19, 2025

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.31.0 allows local users to interrupt the Windows host. The Daemon CLI uses a user-supplied exec-path value in file operations without validating the path, producing the denial-of-service condition. Exploitation requires docker-users group membership, Windows containers mode, and an installation that includes Windows container support; the reported consequence is host service interruption.

CVSS severity6.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.37%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.31.0 allows local users to interrupt the Windows host. The Daemon CLI uses a user-supplied exec-path value in file operations without validating the path, producing the denial-of-service condition. Exploitation requires docker-users group membership, Windows containers mode, and an installation that includes Windows container support; the reported consequence is host service interruption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-5652
Published
Jul 9, 2024
Updated
Mar 19, 2025
Vendor
Docker
Product
Docker Desktop
Classifications
CWE-400, T1499
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <v4.31.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Docker · Docker Desktopversion=0 <v4.31.0

Published CVSS scores

6.1DockerCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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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)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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