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CVE-2025-6587· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Docker

Exposure of system environment variables in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 20/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.14% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Docker Docker Desktop 4.43.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Docker Docker Desktop 4.43.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

MediumCVSS 5.2 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 3, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 3th percentile

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Action score

20

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Docker
5.2
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Docker). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Docker Docker Desktop

    • before 4.43.0affected · semver

Same product

docker: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-0626Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via query parameters in message-box route
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-0625Docker Desktop before 4.12.0 is vulnerable to RCE via a crafted extension description or changelog
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-9074Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers
    38Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-3911Apr 29, 2025 · Exposure in Docker Desktop logs of environment variables configured for running containers
    20Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-4095Apr 29, 2025 · Registry Access Management (RAM) policies not applied when sign-in enforcement is configured via a configuration profile
    17Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-10657Sep 26, 2025 · Docker Desktop with ECI Fails to Enforce Socket Command Restrictions
    34Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Docker Docker Desktop4.43.0Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-391165 days apartExposure in Docker Desktop logs of environment variables configured for running containers
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2025-1696119 days apartExposure of Proxy Credentials in Docker Desktop Logs
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2025-13743159 days apartExpired Personal Access Tokens (PATs) are recorded in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs
    9Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-532 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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