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

> CVE-2025-9074: Docker Desktop allows unauthenticated access to Docker Engine API from containers. CVSS 9.3 (CVSS 4.0).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-9074
Last updated: 2026-06-17T10:08:16Z

- Published: 2025-08-20 13:28 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 10:08 UTC · Assigner: Docker
- CVSS: 9.3 (CVSS 4.0) · Severity: Critical
- EPSS: 1.9%, 79th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-668

## 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 vendors and products

- Docker: Docker Desktop

## Tracked companies

- [Docker](https://rewindex.com/company/docker.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9074)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9074)
- [https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/\#4443](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#4443)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-9074 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-9074.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-9074 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:06.952Z