Exposure in Docker Desktop logs of environment variables configured for running containers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
Recording of environment variables, configured for running containers, in Docker Desktop application logs could lead to unintentional disclosure of sensitive information such as api keys, passwords, etc. A malicious actor with read access to these logs could obtain sensitive credentials information and further use it to gain unauthorized access to other systems. Starting with version 4.41.0, Docker Desktop no longer logs environment variables set by the user.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Docker Desktop (Docker) Fixed in 4.41.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Docker Desktop 4.41.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-03635 Registry Access Management (RAM) policies not applied when sign-in enforcement is configured via a configuration profilePriority LOW 19
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3911
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wpwc-6ghv-2w64
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-3911 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-3911 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wpwc-6ghv-2w64 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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