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The attacker gets higher privileges on the machine, and CISA lists it as actively exploited.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.3,"epss":0.48628,"exploited":true,"exploited_at":"2021-11-03T00:00:00+00:00","products":[{"name":"Docker Desktop Community Edition","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["docker-desktop","exploited","vendor","windows"],"not_affected_if":["linux-or-macos-only","no-local-untrusted-users"],"how_to_check":"Check whether %PROGRAMDATA%\\DockerDesktop\\version-bin\\ exists and whether its files are writable by non-admin users (icacls on the folder).\nRun docker version to confirm the installed Docker Desktop build; compare it with the fixed release.","fix":"Update Docker Desktop Community Edition to a fixed release per vendor instructions; the sources do not name the version.\nRestrict write access to the version-bin folder to administrators if updating is delayed.","status":"open","published_at":"2019-08-28T21:15:10+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-23T21:43:30+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00","category":"vendor","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-23T21:43:30Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"Update Docker Desktop Community Edition to a fixed release per vendor instructions; the sources do not name the version.\nRestrict write access to the version-bin folder to administrators if updating is delayed.","reach":"local","impact":"high","summary":"Docker Desktop Community Edition on Windows lets a local user escalate privileges by planting a fake docker-credential-wincred.exe in a folder under %PROGRAMDATA%. 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