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.
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Workaround
Do not run Docker Desktop Installer.exe with untrusted -package files.
References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4920 |
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History
Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Docker Desktop for Windows installer failed to verify external packages | |
| First Time appeared |
Docker
Docker desktop |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-347 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:docker:desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Docker
Docker desktop |
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cvssV4_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Docker
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-09T16:46:27.791Z
Reserved: 2026-10-06T20:34:21.899Z
Link: CVE-2026-106581
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-09T14:17:18.433
Modified: 2026-10-09T14:17:18.433
Link: CVE-2026-106581
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-09T16:15:08Z
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