Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-40453
CVE-2023-40453
Description
Docker Machine through 0.16.2 allows an attacker, who has control of a worker node, to provide crafted version data, which might potentially trick an administrator into performing an unsafe action (via escape sequence injection), or might have a data size that causes a denial of service to a bastion node. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
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Affected products
3- Docker/Docker Machinedescription
Patches
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References
3- hackerone.com/reports/1916285nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- vin01.github.io/piptagole/docker/security/gitlab/docker-machine/2023/07/07/docker-machine-attack-surface.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/docker/machine/releasesnvdRelease Notes
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