CVE-2022-34292: Docker Desktop

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6.0 allows attackers to overwrite any file through a symlink attack on the hyperv/create dockerBackendV2 API by controlling the DataFolder parameter for DockerDesktop.vhdx, a similar issue to CVE-2022-31647.

Affected products

• Docker Desktop: before 4.6.0 (fixed in 4.6.0)

Published 2023-04-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.