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Critical · 9.3 Public exploit CVE-2025-9074 EUVD-2025-25308GHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw

Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers

Published Aug 20, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by Docker

Vendor: Docker Product: Docker Desktop

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Docker Docker Desktop 4.25 – < 4.44.3 4.44.3

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 18 repositories · most starred shown

  • BridgerAlderson/CVE-2025-9074-PoC ★ 49 · Dec 6, 2025

    A vulnerability has been identified in Docker Desktop. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger security restriction bypass on the targeted system.

  • Shaoshi17/CVE-2025-9074-Docker-Exploit ★ 13 · Dec 26, 2025

    一个功能强大的 Docker 远程 API 漏洞利用工具，用于 CVE-2025-9074 漏洞的安全研究和测试。

  • zenzue/CVE-2025-9074 ★ 11 · Aug 25, 2025
  • j3r1ch0123/CVE-2025-9074 ★ 8 · Sep 3, 2025

    New vulnerability found in Docker. Credit for finding the vulnerability goes to Felix Boulet

  • OilSeller2001/PoC-for-CVE-2025-9074 ★ 5 · Oct 6, 2025

    Proof-of-Concept exploit for CVE-2025-9074 - Unauthenticated Docker API exposure allowing arbitrary container creation and host filesystem access.

  • xwpdx0/poc-2025-9074 ★ 4 · Dec 7, 2025

    Docker API CVE-2025-9074 PoC (Proof-Of-Concept). A sophisticated exploitation framework for CVE-2025-9074, targeting unauthenticated Docker API endpoints with an integrated interactive command shell.

  • PtechAmanja/CVE-2025-9074-Docker-Desktop-Container-Escape ★ 3 · Dec 9, 2025

    Proof of concept exploit for CVE-2025-9074 - Unauthenticated Docker Engine API container escape affecting Docker Desktop < 4.44.3 on Windows and macOS (CVSS 9.3)

  • pppxo/CVE-2025-9074-PoC-Bash ★ 1 · Dec 10, 2025
  • pucagit/CVE-2025-9074 ★ 0 · Sep 20, 2025
  • XRayZen/cve-2025-9074-poc ★ 0 · Aug 23, 2025

    ２０２５年８月２０日に公開されたDockerDesktopの脆弱性(対策済み)を実証する

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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