Docker Desktop fixes 1 vulnerability

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[TLP:CLEAR] Docker Desktop fixes 1 vulnerability

Docker fixes a vulnerability in Docker Desktop with version 4.44.3 [1].

Docker Desktop - container escape (CVE-2025-9074)

CVSS 9.3 (Critical)

A local unauthenticated attacker can use arbitrary functionality of the Docker Engine API by spoofing a Docker image with a Linux operating system or by taking control of a running Linux container. The attacker can also access user files on the host and, in some cases (e.g. Windows with WSL), even the entire host disk [1][2].

The vulnerability is present in product:

Docker Desktop; >=4.25, <4.44.3;

CVSS: 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

More information:

CVE-2025-9074 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 20. 8. 2025.

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By CESNET, z.s.p.o. Martin Krajči on 21. 8. 2025.

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[TLP:CLEAR] Docker Desktop fixes 1 vulnerability

Docker Desktop - container escape (CVE-2025-9074)

CVSS 9.3 (Critical)

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