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TI-2025-08316 Aliases CVE-2025-9074GHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw

Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers

Priority HIGH 75CWE-668Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A vulnerability was identified in Docker Desktop that allows local running Linux containers to access the Docker Engine API via the configured Docker subnet, at 192.168.65.7:2375 by default. This vulnerability occurs with or without Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) enabled, and with or without the "Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS" option enabled. This can lead to execution of a wide range of privileged commands to the engine API, including controlling other containers, creating new ones, managing images etc. In some circumstances (e.g. Docker Desktop for Windows with WSL backend) it also allows mounting the host drive with the same privileges as the user running Docker Desktop.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01897 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Docker Desktop (Docker): 4.44.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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 Desktop4.25 to before 4.44.34.44.3Patch availableCNA
  • Docker Desktop VendorDocker Affected 4.25 to before 4.44.3 Fixed in 4.44.3 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Docker Desktop (Docker) Fixed in 4.44.3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9074
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw

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-2025-02823 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
  • TI-2019-10626 In Docker 19.03.x before 19.03.1 linked against the GNU C Library (aka glibc), code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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