CVE-2025-9074
Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- Docker
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| DockerCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Critical9.3 | 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 |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Critical9.3 | 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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 4.25 – < 4.44.3
References (7)
- https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4443 (opens in a new tab)
- https://pvotal.tech/breaking-dockers-isolation-using-docker-cve-2025-9074/ (opens in a new tab)exploittechnical-description
- https://blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-docker-desktop-flaw-lets-attackers-hijack-windows-hosts/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-9074-mitigate-docker-desktop-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-9074-detect-docker-desktop-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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