CVE-2025-9074
Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-9074- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 Critical
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 - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-25308
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-25308- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 Critical
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw
A vulnerability was identified in Docker Desktop that allows local running Linux containers to...
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.
- Record
GHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 Critical
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 - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-9074- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 Critical
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 - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Docker Desktop 4.44.3 - Unauthenticated API Exposure | 2026-02-04 |
| PoC in GitHub | 3rendil/CVE-2025-9074-POC | 2025-12-10 |
| PoC in GitHub | BridgerAlderson/CVE-2025-9074-PoC | 2025-12-06 |
| PoC in GitHub | Medaz-Sploit/CVE-2025-9074-Docker-Desktop-API-Escape-PoC | 2026-05-15 |
| PoC in GitHub | OilSeller2001/PoC-for-CVE-2025-9074 | 2025-10-06 |
| PoC in GitHub | PtechAmanja/CVE-2025-9074-Docker-Desktop-Container-Escape | 2025-12-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | Shaoshi17/CVE-2025-9074-Docker-Exploit | 2025-12-26 |
| PoC in GitHub | XRayZen/cve-2025-9074-poc | 2025-08-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | c0gnit00/CVE-2025-9074 | 2026-05-30 |
| PoC in GitHub | chernandez321/CVE-2025-9074-docker-escape | 2026-04-07 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | j3r1ch0123/CVE-2025-9074 | 2025-09-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | matesz44/CVE-2025-9074 | 2026-02-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | pppxo/CVE-2025-9074-PoC-Bash | 2025-12-10 |
| PoC in GitHub | pucagit/CVE-2025-9074 | 2025-09-20 |
| PoC in GitHub | rocket-panda/CVE-2025-9074 | 2026-03-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | x0da6h/POC-for-CVE-2025-9074 | 2026-01-04 |
| PoC in GitHub | xwpdx0/poc-2025-9074 | 2025-12-07 |
| PoC in GitHub | zaydbf/CVE-2025-9074-Poc | 2025-12-22 |
| PoC in GitHub | zenzue/CVE-2025-9074 | 2025-08-25 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-9074 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Docker Desktop, published August 20, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.90%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes
pvotal.tech/breaking-dockers-isolation-using-docker-cve-2025-9074
blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-docker-desktop-flaw-lets-attackers-hijack-windows-hosts
vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-9074-mitigate-docker-desktop-vulnerability
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9074
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw