CVE-2023-0629: docker inc. docker desktop Improper Protection of Alternate Path

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-0629 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Improper Protection of Alternate Path vulnerability in docker inc. docker desktop. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-03-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 27-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions by setting the Docker host to docker.raw.sock, or npipe:////.pipe/docker_engine_linux on Windows, via the -H (--host) CLI flag or the DOCKER_HOST environment variable and launch containers without the additional hardening features provided by ECI. This would not affect already running containers, nor containers launched through the usual approach (without Docker's raw socket). The affected functionality is available for Docker Business customers only and assumes an environment where users are not granted local root or Administrator privileges. This issue has been fixed in Docker Desktop 4.17.0. Affected Docker Desktop versions: from 4.13.0 before 4.17.0.

• CWE-424Improper Protection of Alternate PathThe product does not sufficiently protect all possible paths that a user can take to access restricted functionality or resources.
• CWE-501Trust Boundary ViolationThe product mixes trusted and untrusted data in the same data structure or structured message.