What is CVE-2023-0628?

CVE-2023-0628 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-0628?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

RCE in Docker Desktop

CVE-2023-0628

Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary command inside a Dev Environments container during initialization by tricking a user to open a crafted malicious docker-desktop:// URL.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-03-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Docker Desktop
Docker Inc. Desktop — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/ (release-notes, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0628?: CVE-2023-0628 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Docker Desktop, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-0628?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.