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CVE-2025-9074· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Docker

Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 38/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB, GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 78.8% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Docker Docker Desktop 4.44.3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Docker Docker Desktop 4.44.3 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

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v4.0—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Aug 20, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.8% · 78th percentile

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Action score

38

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.8%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Docker
9.3
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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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

    • 4.25 and later · before 4.44.3affected · 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-2026-5843Docker Model Runner container-to-host code execution via MLX-LM model_file importlib loading
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-4095Apr 29, 2025 · Registry Access Management (RAM) policies not applied when sign-in enforcement is configured via a configuration profile
    17Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-6587Jul 3, 2025 · Exposure of system environment variables in Docker Desktop diagnostic logs
    20Monitor
  • 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 Desktop4.44.3Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×18

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrylocal2026-02-04
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-08-23
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:102025-08-25
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:82025-09-03
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-09-20
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42025-10-06
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:482025-12-06
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42025-12-07
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32025-12-09
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12025-12-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-12-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-12-22

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+3 d
  3. TodayOct 19, 2026+425 d
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

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Variant candidates

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

No nightly-computed relations.

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.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

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

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-668 · Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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

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