Expired Personal Access Tokens (PATs) are recorded in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs
Priority LOW 12CWE-532Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
Docker Desktop diagnostics bundles were found to include expired Hub PATs in log output due to error object serialization. This poses a risk of leaking sensitive information in exported diagnostics, especially when access denied errors occurred.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00215 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Docker Desktop (Docker): 4.54.0
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 4.54.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13743
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5j4f-jq8r-vg77
References
More Docker Desktop vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-00593 Code injection in Docker Desktop CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00592 Cross-site scripting in Docker Desktop CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-04753 Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows Enhanced Container Isolation bypass via debug shell CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-05623 Docker Desktop Enhanced Container Isolation bypass via --use-api-socket CLI flag CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-05122 Docker Model Runner container-to-host code execution via MLX-LM model_file importlib loading CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-05098 Docker Model Runner container-to-host code execution via unsandboxed trust_remote_code in Python inference backends CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-13743 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13743 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5j4f-jq8r-vg77 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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