CVE-2023-5165
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows Enhanced Container Isolation bypass via debug shell
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions via the debug shell which remains accessible for a short time window after launching Docker Desktop. 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 4.23.0.
Affected Docker Desktop versions: from 4.13.0 before 4.23.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows Enhanced Container Isolation bypass via debug shell
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions via the debug shell which remains accessible for a short time window after launching Docker Desktop. 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 4.23.0.
Affected Docker Desktop versions: from 4.13.0 before 4.23.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-5165- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862, CWE-424
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57502
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions via the debug shell which remains accessible for a short time window after launching Docker Desktop. 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 4.23.0.
Affected Docker Desktop versions: from 4.13.0 before 4.23.0.
- Record
EUVD-2023-57502- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rc4h-xgcc-x9w4
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation ...
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions via the debug shell which remains accessible for a short time window after launching Docker Desktop. 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 4.23.0.
Affected Docker Desktop versions: from 4.13.0 before 4.23.0.
- Record
GHSA-rc4h-xgcc-x9w4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-424, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions via the debug shell which remains accessible for a short time window after launching Docker Desktop. 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 4.23.0.
Affected Docker Desktop versions: from 4.13.0 before 4.23.0.
- Record
CVE-2023-5165- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-424, CWE-862
- 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-2023-5165 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) 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 0.33%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.