# CVE-2025-9164: Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows

> CVE-2025-9164: Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 4.0).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-9164
Last updated: 2026-10-08T11:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-10-27 13:53 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-08 11:10 UTC · Assigner: Docker
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 4.0) · Severity: High
- EPSS: 0.11%, 1th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-427

## Description

Docker Desktop Installer.exe is vulnerable to DLL hijacking due to insecure DLL search order. The installer searches for required DLLs in the user's Downloads folder before checking system directories, allowing local privilege escalation through malicious DLL placement.This issue affects Docker Desktop: through 4.48.0.

## 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-2025-9164)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9164)
- [https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-9164 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-9164.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-9164 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:11:26.169Z