CVE-2021-3162

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-3162 · Published 15/01/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-3162 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting docker (docker).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.18%, higher than 7.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.5.0.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
docker docker	`< 2.5.0.0`	`2.5.0.0`

Docker Desktop Community before 2.5.0.0 on macOS mishandles certificate checking, leading to local privilege escalation.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

< 2.5.0.0

2.5.0.0

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