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TI-2025-05983 Aliases CVE-2025-6587GHSA-qj23-w8jm-w8wv

Exposure of system environment variables in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs

Priority LOW 25CWE-532Published · Updated

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

System environment variables are recorded in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs, when using shell auto-completion. This leads to unintentional disclosure of sensitive information such as api keys, passwords, etc.  A malicious actor with read access to these logs could obtain secrets and further use them to gain unauthorized access to other systems. Starting with version 4.43.0 Docker Desktop no longer logs system environment variables as part of diagnostics log collection.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0015 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Docker Desktop (Docker): 4.43.0

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 4.43.04.43.0Patch availableCNA
  • Docker Desktop VendorDocker Affected before 4.43.0 Fixed in 4.43.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Docker Desktop (Docker) Fixed in 4.43.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6587
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qj23-w8jm-w8wv

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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