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TI-2026-70025 Aliases CVE-2026-106581GHSA-r8rf-x7cj-7933

Docker Desktop for Windows installer skips package signature checks

Priority LOW 36CWE-347Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-347.

Summary

Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.92.0 does not verify the signature of a package supplied to the Docker Desktop Installer.exe install -package option (CWE-347). An attacker who can supply a crafted package and convince a user to approve the UAC prompt, which is signed by Docker, can run attacker-controlled installer actions as LocalSystem.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

Before 4.92.0, Docker Desktop for Windows did not verify the signature of a package supplied to Docker Desktop Installer.exe install -package. An attacker able to provide a crafted package and convince a user to approve the Docker-signed UAC prompt could execute attacker-controlled installer actions as LocalSystem.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00075 0th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Docker Desktop (Docker): 4.92.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
DockerDocker Desktopbefore 4.92.04.92.0Patch availableCNA
  • Docker Desktop VendorDocker Affected before 4.92.0 Fixed in 4.92.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names CNA · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:docker:desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Docker
  • cpe:2.3:a:docker:desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Docker

Remediation

Docker Desktop is fixed in version 4.92.0, so upgrade Docker Desktop for Windows to 4.92.0 or later. The sources list no advisory identifier for this fix.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA Docker Desktop (Docker) Fixed in 4.92.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-106581
  2. 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-r8rf-x7cj-7933

References

Other 1

  • TI-2019-11833 Docker Desktop Community Edition before 2.1.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges by… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2019-04061 runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2025-08316 Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2025-02823 Elevation of Privilege in Docker Desktop for Windows during Upgrade due to Insecure Directory Deletion CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2026-14229 Tar extraction in moby/go-archive can write outside the destination directory via link following CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2023-21271 Docker Machine through 0.16.2 allows an attacker, who has control of a worker node, to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources

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