CVE-2025-9074 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-9074: Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers

Vendor Docker
Product Docker Desktop
Weakness CWE-668
Published August 20, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 20, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated