CVE-2025-9074

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.39.3
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 1.9% (79th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from a secondary CVSS source
Sources: EPSS, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated

Also known asEUVD-2025-25308 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationNo fix is confirmed yet: check with the vendor for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system on your normal schedule at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1.9%CVSS: 9.3Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

The CVE record's CNA (Docker Inc.) lists Docker Desktop versions 4.25 up to but not including 4.44.3 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.

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.

CVSS v3
9.3
EG Score
9.3CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
58
EG Risk 58/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity93% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.3 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Check with the vendor for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system on your normal schedule at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
1.9%
EPSS %ILE
79th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.3): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.3 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.3 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.a secondary CVSS source · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
1.9% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-02). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

No fix is confirmed yet. Check with the vendor for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system on your normal schedule at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 20, 2025

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
No fix on record yet.
Web page

When a SSRF is enough: Full Docker Escape on Windows Docker Desktop (CVE-2025-9074)

https://blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3
Web page

CVE-2025-9074: Mitigate Docker Desktop Vulnerability - vsociety

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-9074-mitigate-docker-desktop-vulnerability
Web page

CVE-2025-9074: Detect Docker Desktop Vulnerability - vsociety

https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-9074-detect-docker-desktop-vulnerability
Web page

When a SSRF is enough: Full Docker Escape on Windows Docker Desktop (CVE-2025-9074)

https://blog.qwertysecurity.com/Articles/blog3.html
Web page

Docker Desktop release notes | Docker Docs

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4443

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 78× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 248 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 148 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 20:35 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-02 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  3. 2026-11-01 21:53 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-11-01 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  5. 2026-11-01 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 79th percentile
  6. 2026-10-31 23:13 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-31 23:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  8. 2026-10-31 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 79th percentile
  9. 2026-10-31 00:33 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-31 00:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  11. 2026-10-30 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 79th percentile
  12. 2026-10-30 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-30 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  14. 2026-10-29 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 79th percentile
  15. 2026-10-29 03:13 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-29 03:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  17. 2026-10-28 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 79th percentile
  18. 2026-10-28 04:33 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-28 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  20. 2026-10-27 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 79th percentile
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  22. 2026-10-27 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  23. 2026-10-26 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 79th percentile
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  25. 2026-10-26 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
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  1. 2026-10-25 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 79th percentile
  2. 2026-10-25 16:00 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-25 04:28 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-25 04:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  5. 2026-10-24 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.8% · 78th percentile
  6. 2026-10-24 05:48 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-24 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  8. 2026-10-23 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.8% · 78th percentile
  9. 2026-10-23 07:06 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-23 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  11. 2026-10-22 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.8% · 78th percentile
  12. 2026-10-22 08:20 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-22 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  14. 2026-10-21 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.8% · 78th percentile
  15. 2026-10-21 09:39 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-21 09:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  17. 2026-10-20 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.8% · 78th percentile
  18. 2026-10-20 11:00 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-20 11:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  20. 2026-10-19 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 78th percentile
  21. 2026-10-19 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-19 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  23. 2026-10-18 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 78th percentile
  24. 2026-10-18 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  25. 2026-10-18 05:13 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-17 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 78th percentile
  27. 2026-10-17 06:55 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-17 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  29. 2026-10-16 16:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 78th percentile
  30. 2026-10-16 08:12 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-16 08:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  32. 2026-10-15 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 78th percentile
  33. 2026-10-15 07:14 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-10-15 07:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  35. 2026-10-14 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 78th percentile
  36. 2026-10-14 03:12 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-10-14 03:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
  38. 2026-10-13 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 78th percentile
  39. 2026-10-12 23:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
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  41. 2026-10-12 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 1.9% · 78th percentile
  42. 2026-10-12 09:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4xcq-3fjf-xfqw · GitHub severity CRITICAL
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Publicly available exploits

(8 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry, 7 GitHub PoCs). No fix is confirmed yet, so defenders should restrict or isolate affected systems accordingly until one is published.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-52472
    Published Feb 4, 2026

    Docker Desktop 4.44.3 - Unauthenticated API Exposure

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCShaoshi17/CVE-2025-9074-Docker-Exploit
    Published 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。

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCPtechAmanja/CVE-2025-9074-Docker-Desktop-Container-Escape
    Published 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)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCxwpdx0/poc-2025-9074
    Published 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.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCBridgerAlderson/CVE-2025-9074-PoC
    Published 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.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCOilSeller2001/PoC-for-CVE-2025-9074
    Published Oct 6, 2025

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

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCj3r1ch0123/CVE-2025-9074
    Published Sep 3, 2025

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

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCzenzue/CVE-2025-9074
    Published Aug 25, 2025
    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-9074?
CVE-2025-9074 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 20, 2025. 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…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2025-9074 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2025-9074 was published on August 20, 2025. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of June 17, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2025-9074 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-9074 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (79th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-9074?
CVE-2025-9074 has a CVSS base score of 9.3 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-9074?
No fix for CVE-2025-9074 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch for a fix. The CVE record's CNA (Docker Inc.) lists Docker Desktop versions 4.25 up to but not including 4.44.3 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.

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