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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-9074 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Docker Inc.
CVSS-B 9.3 CRITICAL
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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3 CISA-ADP
https://blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3.html CVE
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4443 Docker Inc.
https://pvotal.tech/breaking-dockers-isolation-using-docker-cve-2025-9074/ CISA-ADP, CVE
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-docker-desktop-flaw-lets-attackers-hijack-windows-hosts/ CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Docker Inc.  

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-9074
NVD Published Date:
08/20/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/25/2025
Source:
Docker Inc.