Docker Desktop before 3.6.0 suffers from incorrect access control.

published 2021-08-12 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-24320

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

docker desktop 3.6.0

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Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Technology feeds

Docker rss critical rss

References

docs.docker.com /docker-for-windows/release-notes/
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-37841
NVD CVE-2021-37841

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