CVE-2023-0625
Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog
Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog.
This issue affects Docker Desktop: before 4.12.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog
Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog.
This issue affects Docker Desktop: before 4.12.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-0625- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-94, CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-12659
Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog.
This issue affects Docker Desktop: before 4.12.0.
- Record
EUVD-2023-12659- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xrpp-3rf6-w42j
Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or...
Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog.
This issue affects Docker Desktop: before 4.12.0.
- Record
GHSA-xrpp-3rf6-w42j- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog.
This issue affects Docker Desktop: before 4.12.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-0625- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-94, CWE-829
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-0625 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) in Docker Desktop, published September 25, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.