High severity · published Aug 12, 2021
CVE-2021-37841
Docker Desktop before 3.6.0 suffers from incorrect access control
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Docker Desktop before 3.6.0 suffers from incorrect access control. If a low-privileged account is able to access the server running the Windows containers, it can lead to a full container compromise in both process isolation and Hyper-V isolation modes. This security issue leads an attacker with low privilege to read, write and possibly even execute code inside the containers.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DE
Desktop · Docker
before 3.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37841
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-37841
Release Notes
https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/release-notes/
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